pince-nez

Borrowed from French pince-nez (literally “pinch-nose”).

bor

Lord Belpher, leaning against the wall and trying to decide whether his right or left foot hurt him the more excruciatingly, became aware that a curate was standing before him, regarding him through a pair of gold-rimmed pince-nez with a disapproving and hostile expression.

1919, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 15, in A Damsel in Distress:

Shabet took a pince-nez from his breast pocket and settled it on the bridge of his nose.

Furst, Alan 2000 Kingdom of Shadows, p170

temple-less eyeglasses that clip to the bridge of the nose


dinger

The starting pitcher gave up three dingers.

He should know, he fanned 2597 times — far more than any other man — but made millions hitting 563 dingers.

1989 June, John Holway, “Strikeouts: The High Cost of Hitting Home Runs”, in Baseball Digest:

Then as you're taking his picture, say something about the thirty dingers he's going to hit this season. You get that little extra smile on his face.

1997, Hank Davis, Small-Town Heroes: Images of Minor League Baseball, University of Nebraska Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 264:

For you youngsters out there, hitting 50 dingers in the pre-steroid craze days of the early 90s was an actual accomplishment; the only questionable substance Fielder was putting in his body were McRib sandwiches.

2008, Mike Stone, Art Regner, The Great Book of Detroit Sports Lists, Running Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 209:


Adam's apple

Calque of Latin pomum Adami, which is found in the botanical sense from 1560 and the anatomical sense from 1600. According to the earliest sources, the anatomical usage derives from a common belief that Adam was punished by God for the fall of man by having a piece of the forbidden fruit lodged in his throat (see 1662 citation).

That same bunch which is seen on the foreside of the Neck, is called Adams Apple, because the common people have a beliefe, that by the judgement of God, a part of that fatal Apple, abode sticking in Adams Throat, and is so communicated to his posterity

1662 [1651], Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, transl., Bartholinus Anatomy, London: Peter Cole, translation of Protuberantia illa in collo anterius conspicua, dicitur Pomum Adami; [quia vulgo persuasum in Adami faucibus pomi fatalis partem ex pœna Divina remansisse, & ad posteros translatam] by Thomas Bartholin, page 123:

He was seated some way down a table at right angles to the one at which I sat, a man of mean appearance with a greyish complexion, thin, with a square nose, a heavy wiry moustache and a big Adam's apple sticking out between the wings of his collar.

1911, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The New Machiavelli, London: John Lane; The Bodley Head […], →OCLC:

The thickness of his wrist and the greatness of his fingers made authentic the mighty frame of him hidden under loose dungaree pants and cotton shirt, buttonless, open from midriff to Adam’s apple, exposing a chest matted with a thatch of hair as white as that of his head and face.

1919 September, Jack London, “The Bones of Kahelili”, in On the Makaloa Mat, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, pages 42–43:

A barber shop and pool room. A man in shirt sleeves, presumably Del Snafflin the proprietor, shaving a man who had a large Adam's apple.

1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC:

laryngeal prominence
laryngeal prominence

(anatomy) The lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence.


PKC

protein kinase C
protein kinase C#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of protein kinase C.


filament

Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

der

Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.

1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:

Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.

(botany) The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.


LV

en-noun

LV (countable and uncountable, plural LVs)

(anatomy, medicine) Initialism of left ventricle.


zymase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the fermentation of simple carbohydrates to ethanol and carbon dioxide.


musculus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin mūsculus (“a little mouse; a muscle”), diminutive of mūs (“a mouse”).


Fu Manchu

The first book with the character was The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, from 1913.


respiratory tract

en-noun

respiratory tract (plural respiratory tracts)

respiratory bronchiole
respiratory bronchiole

(anatomy) The passages, divided into an upper and a lower part, through which air enters and leaves the body, including the mouth, nose and nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and conducting bronchioles, sometimes further including the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli.


vagus nerve

Partial translation of New Latin nervus vagus (“wandering nerve”).

der

(neuroanatomy) Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.


cranial nerve

(neuroanatomy) Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem or base of the brain instead of the spinal cord.


filum

From Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of file.

(anatomy) a filamentous anatomical structure


hyperopia

en-noun

hyperopia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperopias)

(pathology) A disorder of the vision where the eye focuses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.


split end

I've got so many split ends – I think I must be working too hard.

A hair which has split at the end, usually from dryness or poor nutrition.

Help! I've got split ends!

(in the plural) The condition of having hairs with split ends.

Jones played split end.

offensive line of scrimmage
offensive line of scrimmage

(American football) The position which lines up wide and on the offensive line of scrimmage, whose primary job is to serve as a wide receiver.

The split end ran deep.

(American football) A player playing the position of split end.


sclera

sclera (plural scleras or sclerae or scleræ)

scleras (plural)
sclerae (plural)
scleræ (plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).

She'd been back a week and it was clear that college-level track was kicking her ass, the sclera in her normally wide manga-eyes were shot through with blood vessels.

2007, Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao:

Such pressures explain why humans are peculiar in having our rather small irises set against a white background—the sclera—in our eyes. Anyone watching us can infer where we are looking or whom we are looking at.

2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 13, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:

(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.


nare

There is a Machiavelian plot, / Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not;

1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:


vagus

Borrowing from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling”).


spore

→ Thai: สปอร์ (sà-bpɔɔ)

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

From New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”) (compare English spread).

Thresher maws are subterranean carnivores that spend their entire lives eating or searching for something to eat. Threshers reproduce via spores that lie dormant for millennia, yet are robust enough to survive prolonged periods in deep space and atmospheric re-entry. As a result, thresher spores appear on many worlds, spread by previous generations of space travelers.

2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Thresher Maws Codex entry:

A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.


cerebellum

en-noun

cerebellum (plural cerebellums or cerebella)

Learned borrowing from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum.

Holonym: hindbrain

Although the cerebellum occupies just 10 per cent of the cranial cavity, it has more than half the brain’s neurons.

2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan, page 61:

(neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the back of the cerebrum and is formed of two lateral lobes and a median lobe. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.


menton

From French menton (“chin”). Doublet of mentum.

mandibular symphysis
mandibular symphysis

(anatomy) The lowest point of the chin / mandibular symphysis.


alveolus

Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).

bor

(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.

(anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.

The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands.

1997, Comprehensive Toxicology: Reproductive and endocrine toxicology, page 258:

(anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.

A small cavity or pit.
An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.


testudo

en-noun

testudo (plural testudos or testudoes or testudines)

testudos (plural)
testudoes (plural)
testudines (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”).


flexor

From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“I bend”).

Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual:

A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.


sensory

sensory neurons

(neuroanatomy) Conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers.


biceps brachii

en-noun

biceps brachii (plural biceps brachiorum or biceps brachii)

biceps brachiorum (plural)
biceps brachii (plural)


quadriceps

quadriceps (plural quadricepses or quadriceps)

quadricepses (plural)
quadriceps (plural)

Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).

(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.

четириглав мускул

a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.


vocal cord

(anatomy, usually in the plural) Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the human larynx whose vibrations help to produce the voice.


venule

(anatomy) A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.

веничка

a small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein


synovial membrane

synovial membrane (plural synovial membranes)

(anatomy) A thin membrane that lines the ligamentous surfaces of joint capsules, tendon sheaths where free movement is necessary, and bursae; it is composed of dense connective tissue and secretes synovial fluid.


cerebral cortex

cerebral cortex (plural cerebral cortices or cerebral cortexes)

cerebral cortices (plural)
cerebral cortexes (plural)

Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.

2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

(neuroanatomy) The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.


synovia

synovia (usually uncountable, plural synovias)

the immunoglobulins of synovias from normal and arthritic horses and foals


immune system

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(anatomy, immunology) The system that differentiates self from non-self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response. It includes organs such as the thymus, the spleen and lymph nodes; tissue such as bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues such as the tonsils; cells such as lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and cell products such as antibodies.

իմունային համակարգ

system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms


extensor

(anatomy) A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.


trammel

From Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) + macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with Italian tramaglio (“trammel”), Spanish trasmallo (“drift net”).


scaler

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(dentistry) A dentistry tool with two hooks.


filling

I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling.

My temporary filling fell out and got lost.

(dentistry) Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.


cortex

en-noun

cortex (countable and uncountable, plural cortexes or cortices)

(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.

ҡабыҡ

(uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.


thalamus

From Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos, “an inner chamber, a bedroom, a bed”).

der

Holonym: diencephalon

(neuroanatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.


annulus

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ānnulus, a misspelling of Latin ānulus (“ring, especially one worn on a finger”), from ānus (“ring”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”)) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).
The plural form annuli is a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ānnulī.

lbor

annulus fibrosus cordis
annulus fibrosus cordis

(anatomy) A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis.

rengas

ring of fibrous tissue; specifically, such a ring around an opening of a heart valve


electrocyte

(anatomy) A modified striated muscle cell that does not contract, but produces electric signals; the component of the electric organ in some fish.


eicosanoid

From Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + -ane (“an alkane”) + -oic (“a carboxylic acid”) + -oid (“-like”).

af

polyunsaturated fatty acid
polyunsaturated fatty acid

epoxyeicosatrienoic acid
epoxyeicosatrienoic acid

(organic chemistry) Any of a family of naturally-occurring substances derived from 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids; they include the prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; they function as hormones.


electric organ

(anatomy) An effector organ found in some fish (especially electric eels and electric catfish), that can produce a voltage large enough to aid in predation.


cotyledon

From Latin cotylēdōn, from Ancient Greek κοτυληδών (kotulēdṓn, “cup-shaped cavity”), from κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup”).

der

Forced to apply animal findings to humans, his human womb also had cotyledons like a dog's.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 72:

(physiology) Each of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.

(botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.


seta

setas (plural)
setae (plural)
setæ (plural)

From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).

The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.

1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volumes 31-32, page 83:


meso-

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From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”). Doublet of mid- and medio-.

mesoappendix is part of the mesentery found near the appendix and the terminal ileum, mesoduodenum is the mesentery of the duodenum, mesogastrium is the part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach

mesoanterior is mesial and anterior, mesomedial is mesial and medial, meson is the mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves

(anatomy) Mesial in location, position, or direction: towards the midline of the body.

mesocone is a conule in the median mure where the mesoloph is attached to it, mesoflexus is a flexus between the mesoloph and the paracone, mesoloph is a crest in front of the metaflexus, connected to the median mure

(dentistry) The forward side of a tooth.


saddle

→ Japanese: サドル (sadoru)

Homer Tunnel
Milford Sound
Oxford English Dictionary

From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz (“saddle”). Further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sod-dʰlo-, from *sed- (“to sit”) + *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting instruments or tools)), though the Oxford English Dictionary says this “presents formal difficulties”.
cognates
* Danish sadel
* Dutch zadel
* German Sattel
* Icelandic söðull
* Low German Sadel
* Russian седло́ (sedló)
* Saterland Frisian Soadel
* Scots sadil
* Swedish sadel
* West Frisian seal

saal

seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal

satula

something resembling a saddle in appearance or shape

satula

depression located along the axial trend of an anticline

Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.

(dentistry) The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.


socket

From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

套接字

computing interprocess communication channel

(anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.

རུས་མིག (rus mig, literally “bone hole/eye”)


front bottom

Never before had she experienced the excitement that ebbed and flowed inside her. Her panties were soaking. In the past few months lovemaking with Angus had been a problem because she could not summon any fluid in her front bottom.

2009, David Silverman, Twinkle, page 107:

[…] and made her less interested in sex than usual, he supposed. That had never been a problem with Lalla. Nothing was a problem with Lalla—she could even fire ping-pong balls out of her front bottom, […]

2010, Wendy Holden, Farm Fatale: A Comedy of Country Manors, page 128:

(British, slang, euphemistic) The female genitalia; the vulva.


actinomycin

en-noun

actinomycin (countable and uncountable, plural actinomycins)

(biochemistry, pharmacology) Any of a class of toxic polypeptide antibiotics found in soil bacteria of genus Streptomyces.

اکتینومایسین

antibiotic found in bacteria of genus Streptomyces


corymb

From the French corymbe, from the Latin corymbus, from the Ancient Greek κόρυμβος (kórumbos). Doublet of corymbus.

Hoya carnosa (Thick-leaved).—Foliage large, flowers in large drooping corymbs; they are of a pinkish-white colour, and contain, or rather yield, drops of pure sweet honey; hence this fine old plant is known as the Honey plant.

1855 June 5, T. Appleby, “Plants for Baskets”, in George W. Johnson, Robert Hogg, editors, The Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman’s Companion: A Journal of Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, Botany, and Natural History, volume XIV, number CCCXLIX, London: Published for the proprietors, […], →OCLC, page 161, column 2:

(botany) A cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top.


polypeptide

(biochemistry) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide.

多肽

biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids


muffin

→ Chinese: 瑪芬 /玛芬 (mǎfēn)

→ Danish: muffin

→ Esperanto: mafino

→ Finnish: muffini, muffinssi, muffinsi

→ French: muffin

→ German: Muffin

→ Japanese: マフィン (mafin)

→ Korean: 머핀 (meopin)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: muffins

→ Polish: muffin

→ Portuguese: muffin

→ Russian: ма́ффин (máffin)

→ Swedish: muffins

→ Yiddish: מאָפֿין (mofin)

From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plural)), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”). An alternative, and phonologically less plausible theory suggests a connection to Old French (pain) moflet (“roll”, literally “soft (bread)”).

gl

"small cake"; <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds">Muffen</i> (plural)

ncog

I wanna be stuffin' Martha's muffin!

1986, “Stuffin' Martha's Muffin”, in Frenzy, performed by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper:

(vulgar, slang) The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.


parting

en-noun

parting (countable and uncountable, plural partings)

The parting of the way.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 21:21:

Bridge End is the border station and the scene of many a sad parting between enterprising shoppers and their purchases—for it is a stronghold of the Customs !—and half an hour is allowed in the timetable for examination and shunting.

1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 353:


steamer

From steam + -er. The steamer duck or steamer (sense 6.2) is apparently named for its resemblance to a paddle steamer when swimming rapidly.

(British, Scotland, slang) A drinking session.


bite wing

(dentistry) A holder for X-ray film, in which the film is held in place by a small tab on which the patient bites.


planta

Borrowed from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”). Doublet of clan and plant.


rug

Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough.
Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”).


extraction

en-noun

extraction (countable and uncountable, plural extractions)

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.


patellar ligament

patellar ligament (plural patellar ligaments)

(anatomy) a ligament joining the patella to the tibia


DNA polymerase

DNA polymerase (countable and uncountable, plural DNA polymerases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that assists DNA replication.


merm

(hairdressing, informal) A permanent for a man.


naps

The short “naps” of the average Sister do not sway in the wind as that of a blonde.

2009, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 171:


culminate

Recorded since 1647, from Medieval Latin culminatus, the past participle of culminare (“to crown”), from Latin culmen (“peak, the highest point”), older form columen (“top, summit”), from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from a Proto-Indo-European base *kol-, *kelH- (“to project, rise; peak, summit, top”), whence also English hill and holm.


goggle

gargle (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)

From 14th century Middle English gogelen (“to roll (eyes), to look sideways”). Earlier source is unknown. The noun is attested from the 17th century. Compare Irish gog (“a nod, a slight motion”).

inh

Come and have a goggle at Fauzia’s new car!

A wide-eyed stare or affected rolling of the eye.

(in the plural) A pair of protective eyeglasses.


tendril

From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adj.)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (v.)).


emissary

From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

(anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.


sex organ

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(anatomy) An organ used in sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.

عُضْو جِنْسِيّ

organ used in sexual reproduction — see also genitalia


cockle

From Middle English cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a diminutive of Middle English cokke, cok (“cockle”), from Old English cocc (found in sǣcocc (“cockle”)) + -le; or perhaps from Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, from conchylia, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion), diminutive of κογχύλη (konkhúlē, “mussel”), of Pre-Greek substrate origin.

(directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker


sublime

en-adj

sublime (comparative sublimer, superlative sublimest)

sublimer (comparative)
sublimest (superlative)

The adjective is derived from Middle French sublime (“admirable, excellent, perfect; placed in a high position; reaching a great height; of a person: of high office or rank”) (modern French sublime), and from its etymon Latin sublīmis, sublīmus (“elevated, raised; exalted, uplifted, sublime”, adjective): see etymology 1.
The noun is derived from Middle French sublime (“elevated style in writing; quality in art or nature inspiring awe, reverence, etc.”) (modern French sublime), from the adjective: see further above.
cognates
* Catalan sublim
* Italian sublime
* Portuguese sublime
* Spanish sublime

վեհ

of a person: dignified, majestic, noble — see also dignified, majestic, noble

(anatomy) Of a muscle (especially the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of the forearm which lies above the flexor digitorum profundus muscle): positioned above another muscle; superficial.

flexor digitorum superficialis
flexor digitorum superficialis

flexor digitorum profundus
flexor digitorum profundus


RDH

(medicine) Initialism of registered dental hygienist.


milky

en-adj

milky (comparative milkier, superlative milkiest)

milkier (comparative)
milkiest (superlative)

From Middle English mylky, melky, equivalent to milk + -y. Cognate with German milchig (“milky”), Swedish mjölkig (“milky”). Doublet of milchig.

his sword,
Which was declining on the milky head
Of reverend Priam, seem'd i' the air to stick:

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

The Pails high-foaming with a milky Flood,

1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “(please specify the book of the Iliad or chapter quoted from)”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 267, line 780:

1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 3, Prop. 3, p. 51,
[…] some Plants upon breaking their Vessels yield a milky Juice; others a Yellow of peculiar Tastes and Qualities.

[…] the kind, slightly milky odour of cattle […]

1928, Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness, Book One, Chapter Three, 3:

She wheels her gaze from the wall on to me. The black irises are set off by milky whites as clear as a child’s.

1980, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 2, in Waiting for the Barbarians, Penguin, published 1999, pages 37–38:

Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.


cistern

From Middle English cisterne, from Old French cisterne (Modern French citerne) from Latin cisterna, from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”). Doublet of cisterna.

1913, A.C. Cotter, Catholic Encyclopedia, "Wells in Scripture",
Their extreme necessity is attested by the countless number of old, unused cisterns with which the Holy Land is literally honeycombed.

On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few more terraces.

1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 211:

Cisterns (bôr, bō'r), mentioned frequently in the Bible, are artificial reservoirs, usually cut into bedrock, for collecting and conserving rain runoff from roofs and courtyards.

2001, Philip J. King, Lawrence E. Stager, chapter 3, in Life in Biblical Israel, →ISBN, page 126:

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.


tela

Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.

lbor

(anatomy) A thin, web-like structure or membrane.


PFC

To quote George W. Bush, within the frontal cortex, it's the PFC that is “the decider.”

2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:

prefrontal cortex
prefrontal cortex#English

(neuroanatomy) Initialism of prefrontal cortex.


milk tooth

Any tooth of the first set of teeth of young people (or animals).


spittle

en-noun

spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)

Alteration of dialectal spattle (by association with spit (noun)), from Old English spātl, which is related to spǣtan (whence spit (verb)).


strawberry blonde

en-adj

strawberry blonde (comparative more strawberry blonde, superlative most strawberry blonde)

more strawberry blonde (comparative)
most strawberry blonde (superlative)

strawberry blonde:

An uncommon orange hair colour; it is characterized as a combination of pale light yellow (often called blonde) and red. Strawberry blonde hair appears blonde in dim light, but when exposed to sun or a bright light, the hair may assume a slight tinge of pink or red color.


strawberry blonde

en-noun

strawberry blonde (plural strawberry blondes)

A cocktail comprising one part vodka to two parts cherry brandy to three parts cola topped with a dash of cream and stirred gently with a swizzle stick before serving.


plectrum

Borrowed from Latin plēctrum, from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron, “anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point”), from πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike, to smite, to sting”).

uder

(anatomy, zoology) A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.


buzzcut

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(US, Canada) A closely-cropped military-style haircut.


pronate

en-verb

pronate (third-person singular simple present pronates, present participle pronating, simple past and past participle pronated)

pronates (present singular third-person)
pronating (participle present)
pronated (participle past)
pronated (past)

supinate

antonym(s) of “to rotate the forearm in a particular direction”

supinate

antonym(s) of “to twist the foot in a particular direction”

From Latin pronatus, past participle of pronare (“to bend forward”). See prone.

(transitive, anatomy) To turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise.

(transitive, anatomy) To twist the foot so that if walking the weight would be borne on the inner edge of the foot.

(intransitive, anatomy) To become pronated.


hardon

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anal sphincter

(anatomy) The sphincter (= ring muscle) that surrounds the anus (=anal orifice)


unshaven

He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool.

1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201:

She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.

1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 2:

Not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.


cupola

Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.

the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule

From each anterior cupola there projects forwards the processus prenasalis lateralis inferior.

1937, Sir Gavin De Beer, The Development of the Vertebrate Skull, page 180:

The cupola of the lung is mostly medial and posterior to the vein as it begins to course deeper into the thorax (Fig. 5.7).

2015, Charles E. Smith, Trauma Anesthesia, →ISBN, page 85:

(anatomy) A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.


paunch

From Middle English paunche, from Old Northern French panche, Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.


follicle

He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy.

1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, paperback edition, Virago Press, page 345:

(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.

(botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.


stubble

en-noun

stubble (usually uncountable, plural stubbles)

From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel.

(countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.


bleached

en-adj

bleached (comparative more bleached, superlative most bleached)

more bleached (comparative)
most bleached (superlative)

bleached cotton


anteorbital

(anatomy) Situated in front of the eyes.


egghead

But at the top of the "egghead", the blood vessels become pinched and the flow is blocked.

1962, The Pakistan Review - Volume 10, page Page 43:

At one point he even lifts his cap to reveal an egghead bald-cap atop white hair and spectacles.

2002, Robert Ross, The Complete Terry Thomas, page 87:

Many shave their entire head at the first sign of hair loss, believing that chicks prefer an egghead to a comb-over.

2010, Jena Pincott, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?:, page 81:

His shoulders were so misshapen they almost met over his sunken chest and they were topped by a pointy egghead, bald but for a few short sproutings of hair.


breadbasket

[I]t is worth noting that if global warming produces a migration of the earth's breadbaskets, then it might damage one country's agriculture, while benefiting another's.

1990, Joshua M. Epstein, Raj Gupta, Controlling the Greenhouse Effect: Five Global Regimes Compared (Brookings Occasional Papers), Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, →ISBN, page 7:

Canada at the turn of the century had become the breadbasket of the British Empire and industrialised Europe and wheat grown on the prairies was consolidated in elevator at Fort William, Ontario to await shipment overseas.

1997, Peter Pigott, “C. D. Howe: Mister Trans-Canada Airlines”, in Flying Canucks II: Pioneers of Canadian Aviation, Toronto, Ont., Headington, Oxford: Hounslow Press, →ISBN, pages 71–72:

(agriculture) A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl.


gooch

en-verb

gooch (third-person singular simple present gooches, present participle gooching, simple past and past participle gooched)

gooches (present singular third-person)
gooching (participle present)
gooched (participle past)
gooched (past)

A corruption of guiche, another slang term for perineum.

2017 Ansi, "Rise and Shine Sleepyhead", Welcome to the Wayne episode 1, 10 minutes
Olly, you gooched it! Fix it!


putz

Borrowed from Pennsylvania German Putz; compare German Putz (“ornament, decoration, finery”), putzen (“to clean; decorate”). Compare the above.

cog

The American custom of erecting a putz seems to have originated with the Moravians but the custom long ago spread to non-Moravian households. Essentially, the putz is a landscape, built on the floor or on a table or portable platform.

1995, Joe L. Wheeler, Christmas in My Heart, Book 4, pages 12-13:

A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.


brunet

From French brunet. Compare also Middle English brunet, burnet (“brown”), from Old French brunet, which is the same word.

(rare) Of a man or boy, having brown or dark brown hair.


shikimic acid

(organic chemistry) A naturally occurring organic compound, 3,4,5-trihydroxy-1-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, extracted commercially from star anise; it is the base of very many natural products and is used in the production of the antiviral drug Tamiflu.


laryngeal prominence

en-noun

laryngeal prominence (plural laryngeal prominences)


ichor

ichor (countable and uncountable, plural ichors)

Sense 1 (“liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods”) is borrowed from Medieval Latin ichor, from Ancient Greek ῑ̓χώρ (īkhṓr, “fluid running through the veins of gods, ichor; watery part of blood, lymph, serum; watery part of milk, whey; gravy; pus; naphtha”); further etymology unknown, probably from Pre-Greek.
Sense 2.4 (“fetid, watery discharge from a sore”) is from Middle English icor, icore [and other forms], from Medieval Latin ichor; see further above.

der

(pathology, obsolete) A fetid, watery discharge from a sore; pus.

վէրք

fetid, watery discharge from a sore — see also pus


heartstring

(anatomy, historical) A tendon or other structure resembling a cord once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart.


obliquus

(anatomy) An obliquus muscle; a muscle running obliquely.


mantle

From Middle English mantel, from Old English mæntel, mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *mantil; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman mantel, both from Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum (French manteau, Spanish manto), probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”). Compare Icelandic möttull. Doublet of manteau.


sinew

From Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), from Old English sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō (“sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”), from *(s)neh₁- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”).
The word is cognate with sinnow (“sinew”), Scots senon, sinnon, Saterland Frisian Siene (“sinew”), West Frisian senuw, sine (“sinew; nerve”), Dutch zenuw (“nerve, sinew”), German Sehne (“tendon, sinew; cord”), Icelandic sin (“tendon”), Swedish sena (“sinew”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (snāuuar, “tendon, sinew”), Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “tendon; nerve; cord”), Latin nervus (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāván, “sinew, tendon; muscle”), Tocharian B ṣñor (“sinew”). Doublet of nerve and neuron.

cog

(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.

զորություն

muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength


sinew

en-verb

sinew (third-person singular simple present sinews, present participle sinewing, simple past and past participle sinewed)

sinews (present singular third-person)
sinewing (participle present)
sinewed (participle past)
sinewed (past)

And now to London with Triumphant march, / There to be crowned Englands Royall King: / From whence, ſhall Warwicke cut the Sea to France, / And aske the Ladie Bona for thy Queene: / So ſhalt thou ſinow both theſe Lands together, / And hauing France thy Friend, thou ſhalt not dread / The ſcattred Foe, that hopes to riſe againe: […]

c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi], pages 157–158:

[I]t were to be wiſhed that we tried the restrictive arts of government, and made law the protector, but not the tyrant of the people. […] [W]e ſhould then find that wretches, now ſtuck up for long tortures, left luxury ſhould feel a momentary pang, might, if properly treated, ſerve to ſinew the ſtate in times of danger; […]

1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], “The Same Subject Continued”, in The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume II, Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, page 123:

(transitive) To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.


arteria

/ɑɹˈtɪɹ.i.ə/

Learned borrowing from Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā). Doublet of artery.


riboflavin

en-noun

riboflavin (countable and uncountable, plural riboflavins)

(biochemistry) Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a member of the vitamin B complex, that acts as a growth-promoting factor in humans and other animals.


hormonal

en-adj

hormonal (comparative more hormonal, superlative most hormonal)

more hormonal (comparative)
most hormonal (superlative)


thighbone

From late Middle English. Equivalent to thigh + bone.

(anatomy) The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.


corm

From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).

uder

The saffron crocus has to be planted by hand from corms.

2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 268:

A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.


vexillum

Borrowed from Latin vēxillum (“flag, banner”).

(botany) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower.

vexilo

the upper petal of a papilionaceous flower


rhinarium

The naked surface of skin around the external openings of the nostrils of the nose in most mammals, usually more or less moist and embossed.

mule

of an ungulate, like a cow, horse, or reindeer


crochet

From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (“curved instrument, hook”), diminutive of Old French croc (“hook”), from Old Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”), Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”). Doublet of crocket, croquet, and crotchet. More at crook, crooked.

doublet

(zoology) A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.


heartstrings

en-noun

heartstrings pl (normally plural, singular heartstring)

/ˈhɑɹtˌstɹɪŋz/

PIE word
 *ḱḗr
From Late Middle English hartestrynges, hert strynges, from Middle English herte (“heart”) + strenges, strynges (“cords, strings”). The English word is analysable as heart + strings.

Harte ſtrynges uenies de cuevr.

[1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “The Table of Substantyues”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio xxxix, recto, column 1; reprinted Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, October 1972, →OCLC:

The Ueynes are ſpred foorth throughout the whole bodie, howbeit from one welhead, that is to ſay from the Liuer: ſo be the Sinews, howbeit from the Brayne; So likewiſe are the Heartſtrings, howbeit from the Heart.

1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “That there is but Onely One God”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] [John Charlewood and] George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 18:

The midriffe and heart-ſtrings do burn and beat very fearfully, and vvhen this vapour or fume is ſtirred, flyeth upvvard, the heart it ſelf beats, is ſore grieved, and faints, […]

1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Symptomes of Maids, Nunnes, and Widows Melancholy”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 3, member 2, subsection 4, page 202:

Once she sprang as the heifer springs / With the wolf's teeth at its red heart-strings: / First 'twas fire in her breast and brain, / And then scarce hers but the whole world's pain, / As she gave one shriek and sank again.

1871 September (date written), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Rose Mary”, in Ballads and Sonnets, London: Ellis and White, […], published 1881, →OCLC, part II, page 33:

(historical) The tendons or other structures resembling cords once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart; especially the aorta, pulmonary artery, and other large arteries connected to them; also, the diaphragm.

心弦

The atrioventricular valves are prevented from turning inside out by strands of connective tissue, which run from their underside to the walls of the ventricle. These are the so-called heartstrings or chordae tendin[e]ae.

2002, “Applied Physiology A”, in Beryl Stretch, editor, BTEC National Health Studies, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Heinemann Educational Publishers, →ISBN, page 481:

Joined to the free ends of the AV [atrioventricular] valves are a number of cords called chordae tendineae (heart strings) attaching them to muscles in the wall of the ventricle. The heart strings keep the AV flaps pointing in the direction of the blood flow, stopping them being turned "inside out" and forced through the atria. The semilunar valves do not have heart strings. Blood flowing the wrong way makes the cusps balloon out so that their edges seal tight.

2005, “Section 2: Heart”, in The Facts on File Illustrated Guide to the Human Body: Heart and Circulatory System, New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, →ISBN, page 40:

[M]y precious Toby Chihuahua, soon to be twelve years old, had a heart attack. As a result, one or more of his chordae tendineae, or heartstrings, ruptured. Until very recently, this condition was curtains for a dog, but new meds are keeping him alive for now.

2014 February 15, Crissy Shreve, chapter 5, in BMom: Lovely Weeds, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 56:

chordae tendineae
chordae tendineae#English

(by extension) Synonym of chordae tendineae (“the cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart”)


bearded clam

"In the latrines they predicted the 1209th would go to Osaka, Japan, where the bearded clam ran crosswise..."

1958, Thomas Berger, Crazy in Berlin, page 252:

that night after the dance, he / first touched the bearded clam.

1994, Adrian C. Louis, Blood Thirsty Savages: Poems, →ISBN, page 87:

"No panties, just bearded clam and glorious ass."

2004, Robert Arellano, Don Dimaio of La Plata, →ISBN, page 97:


vertical smile

Making my tongue nice and stiff I entered her ass yet again, moving in and out as I ate her ass like a hungry and starved man. But it was not enough, for I longed for the sweetness of her, and so I moved my mouth and tongue further up to find her vertical smile. There I truly could taste her, enjoy her as I lovely^([sic]) licked at her privates again and again beckoning them to open up to me as I tried to French kiss her delicate lips.

It's all she knows, she bends and twists and works the gaggle of men, enflaming them, enticing them, bringing them erect by revealing more and more of her pink shaven vertical smile.

2004, Michael Glock, Raisin Bread Toast: And Other Collected Tales of Fantastica:

1994, David Farrell Krell, "To the Orange Grove at the Edge of the Sea: Remarks on Luce Iragaray's Amante marine", in Peter J. Burgard (ed.), Nietzsche and the Feminine, University of Virginia Press, →ISBN, page 207,
[…] she […] lowered her hands between her knees her thighs and joined thumb to thumb and index to index forming a diamond windowframe about her smiling not-mouth her notclosed lips her ragged gaping vertical smile […]


wee-wee

wee-wee (countable and uncountable, plural wee-wees)

Reduplication of wee; onomatopoeic for the sound of urination.

(UK, childish) Urine.
(childish) An act of urination.

“I agree he’s gorgeous,” said his friend, “but someone told me he has the smallest wee-wee in New York.”

1978, Andrew Holleran, chapter 2, in Dancer from the Dance, New York: New American Library, page 45:


stirrup bone

(anatomy) the smallest bone in the human body; it is situated in the ear and passes vibrations from the anvil to cochlea


metalloprotein

(biochemistry) a protein, such as haemoglobin or chlorophyll, that contains a metal atom as a cofactor

metalloproteiini

a protein that contains a metal atom as a cofactor


male pattern baldness

(dermatology) A genetically predisposed loss of hair from the scalp in males, theorized to be caused by an excessive response to androgens, specifically dihydrotestosterone.


ductal

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or originating in a duct


epinephrine

epinephrine (countable and uncountable, plural epinephrines)

From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -ine.

At the ER, after deflating me with a cocktail of epinephrine, a steroid and an antihistamine, the doctors scolded me for not coming in more quickly: I could have died of asphyxiation.

2023 November 1, “‘We’re sedating women with self-care’: how we became obsessed with wellness”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(biochemistry, organic chemistry, medicine) A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as a hormone, secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (when it stimulates the autonomic nervous system); as a neurotransmitter, synthesized from norepinephrine. It is also used as a medication.


zygosphene

(anatomy) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa called the zygantrum on the back part of the arch in front


zygantrum

(anatomy) A depression on the back of a vertebrae into which the zygosphene fits.


zonule

Parallel with zonula, with zona + -ula being homologous to zone + -ule.

1963, M. G. Farquar, G. E. Palade, Junctional complexes in various epithelia, The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 17, republished 2001, Joseph G. Gall, J. Richard McIntosh (editors), Landmark Papers in Cell Biology, page 261,
Each tight junction is followed by an adhering zonule extending between arrows 2 and 3 and, farther away, by a desmosome marked D. A condensation of finely fibrillar material occurs mainly along the adhering zonules on each side of the bile capillary.

(anatomy) A little zone, or girdle; a zonula.

The rim of a small-sized lens along with zonule is clearly seen through the fully dilated pupil.

2004, E. Ahmed, A Textbook of Ophthalmology, page 270:

2009, Frank W. Howes, 5.4: Indications for Lens Surgery / Indications for Application of Different Lens Surgery Techniques, Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker (editors), Ophthalmology, 3rd Edition, page 429,
In most cases, the goal of this type of lens surgery is the same as that for eyes without a compromised zonule: to remove the contents of the capsular bag through a CCC and replace the contents with a foldable IOL.


aula

aulas (plural)
aulae (plural)
aulæ (plural)

From Latin aula (“forecourt”), from Ancient Greek αὐλά (aulá), the form of αὐλή (aulḗ, “forecourt”) in dialects other than Ionic and Attic.

(anatomy, obsolete) The anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain leading to the lateral ventricles.


adrenaline

adrenaline (usually uncountable, plural adrenalines)

→ Catalan: adrenalina

→ Dutch: adrenaline

→ French: adrénaline

→ Spanish: adrenalina

→ Swahili: adrenalini

/əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/

From adrenal + -ine, coined by Japanese chemist Takamine Jōkichi in 1901.

coin

(biochemistry) Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.


weft

From Middle English wefte, from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną. Equivalent to weave + -th.

Teaching tools include mannequins, slip-ons, hair wefts, rectangles, and profiles.

2009, Cosmetologists: 150 Great Tech Prep Careers, 2nd edition, page 135:

Then, she held up the hair as it would look on my head. She positioned it like a pro, holding wefts of human hair so that it looked like it grew from my scalp.

2011, Ryan Rayston, The Quiet Sound of Disappearing, AuthorHouse, page 289:

In the bonding method of attaching hair extensions, hair wefts or single strands are attached with an adhesive or bonding agent. The adhesive is applied to the weft with an applicator gun.

2012, Cengage Learning, Milady Standard Cosmetology, page 556:

(hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair.


sclerotic

(anatomy) Of or relating to the sclera of the eye.

The outer wood exposed to the air may become carbonaceous due to the interaction of sclerotic mycelium and the wood.

1920, Clarence Ritchie Phipps, Plant Lice Injurious to Apple Orchards:

(anatomy or pathology) Having or relating to sclerosis; hardened.


sclerotic

In front, this membrane is continuous with the cornea by direct continuity of tissue; but the opaque sclerotic overlaps it rather more on the outer than upon its inner surface.

1859, Henry Gray, Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical, page 555:

An icteric discoloration of the sclerotic — a quite common symptom in xanthopia from arsenical poisoning — is very seldom observed.

1883, Louis Lewin, The Untoward Effects of Drugs, page 98:


longus

Borrowed from New Latin longus (“long”), clipping of musculus longus (“long muscle”).


eyeless

From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).

Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.

I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

eyeless needle

(uncommon, of tools or objects, especially suturing needles) Having no eye: having no hole.


meninges

(anatomy, chiefly plural) The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.

الأَغْشِيَة السِحَائِيَّة

the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord


antitragus

(anatomy) A projection on the lower posterior portion of the auricle of the ear opposite the tragus.


ICS

en-noun

ICS (countable and uncountable, plural ICSs)

intercostal space
intercostal space#English

(countable, anatomy, medicine) Initialism of intercostal space.


calva

The excavation turned up one small femur, one broken calva, and one jawbone.

(anatomy) The calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull.


apico-

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from apex.

e.g. apicocardiac, apicolateral, apicomedial

usage note: For organisms that are attached to a substrate (e.g. sponges, protists), the side attached to the substrate is referred to as the basal end, and the end furthest from attachment is referred to as apical

(anatomy) The side of a body part (or organism) that is futher away from the substrate it is attached to.

e.g. apicocoronal, apicoectomy

(dentistry) Related to the root of a tooth.


midbrain

When the instinctive and subconscious world of the snake is confronted in initiation, the vital force of the snake rises and floods the second brain, the midbrain, the limbic ring.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 226:

(neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).


chomper

Hollier was a chomper, his jaws working up and down like pistons, and without seeming to be greedy he ate a great deal.

1983, Robertson Davies, The rebel angels:

I am a chomper of teeth and a displayer of feelings.

1993, Esther D Rothblum, Kathleen A Brehony, Boston marriages: romantic but asexual relationships among contemporary lesbians:


chiasma

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek χίασμα (khíasma), from χιάζω (khiázō, “to mark with the letter chi, χ”).

(anatomy) A crossing of two nerves, ligaments etc.


arteriovenous

(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the veins


lateral pectoral nerve

lateral pectoral nerve (plural lateral pectoral nerves)

(anatomy) A nerve that branches from the lateral cord and innervates the pectoralis major muscle.


merlin

Acronym of moesin-Ezrin-Radixin-like protein + -in (“protein”)

suffix

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">protein</i>

(biochemistry) A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors.


mediastinum

From New Latin mediastīnum, from Medieval Latin mediastīnus (“middling; middle”), from Latin mediastīnus (“a common servant”).

bor

(anatomy) The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.


headgear

en-noun

headgear (countable and uncountable, plural headgears)

/ˈhɛdɡɪə(ɹ)/

(orthodontics) A type of orthodontic appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting severe bite problems.


peripheral

en-adj

peripheral (comparative more peripheral, superlative most peripheral)

more peripheral (comparative)
most peripheral (superlative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Ancient Greek περί (perí)
Ancient Greek περῐ- (perĭ-)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō
Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)
Ancient Greek περιφέρω (periphérō)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek περιφερής (peripherḗs)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
Ancient Greek -ια (-ia)
Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia)bor.
Latin peripheriabor.
Middle French peripheriebor.
English periphery
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English peripheral
From peripher(y) + -al.

etymon

We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath.

1988 March 1, “Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero”, in Neuron, →DOI, page 73:

peripheral nervous system
peripheral nervous system

(neuroanatomy) Related to or located in the peripheral nervous system.


teary

en-adj

teary (comparative tearier, superlative teariest)

tearier (comparative)
teariest (superlative)

From Middle English tery; equivalent to tear + -y.

No wonder Ryan was teary; he missed his parents.

Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.


backcomb

en-verb

backcomb (third-person singular simple present backcombs, present participle backcombing, simple past and past participle backcombed)

backcombs (present singular third-person)
backcombing (participle present)
backcombed (participle past)
backcombed (past)

Her dark-blonde hair, worn long at Oxford, had been cut and backcombed, Diana-style, and quivered when she shook her head.

2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.

toupieren

to hold hair and comb it towards the head


backcomb

You and your fit friends anyway / I'd take them all out any day / They all got backcombs anyway


chemokine

(biochemistry, immunology) Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.


cytokine

/ˈsa͜ɪˌɾəˌka͜ɪn/

From cyto- + Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “movement”).

der

Thus, in the case of viral infection, mechanisms of resistance would be threefold, namely, interferon production, the immune response, including both antibody and lymphokine production, and the generation of lymphokine-like substances by the infected cells themselves. These latter substances have been defined as cytokines.

1975 July 2, Bigazzi PE, Yoshida T, Ward PA, Cohen S., “Production of Lymphokine-Like Factors (Cytokines) by Simian Virus 40-Infected and Simian Virus 40-Transformed Cell”, in The American Journal of Pathology, volume 80, number 1, page 69:

A fundamental feature expressed by the vast majority of cytokines is a profound immunomodulatory activity.
Many cytokines, presently available in pure recombinant form, modify bone cell metabolism.

1991, Maxine Gowen, Cytokines and Bone Metabolism, page 26:

The cytokines are generally considered to be a group of peptides secreted by cells of the immune system such as macrophages, lymphocytes and T cells, although the same peptides may also be secreted by non-immune cells such as neurological tissues and adipocytes.

2012, Victor R. Preedy, Ross Hunter, editors, Preface: Cytokines, page v:

The cytokines provide a classic example of products of the immune system which alter brain and endocrine activities. A variety of cytokines, including interleukin 1, interleukin 2, interleukin 6, and tumor necrosis factor α, have been traditionally associated with peripheral control of the immune system, inflammation, and acute phase response.

2013, Errol B. De Souza, editor, Preface: Neurobiology of Cytokines: Methods in Neurosciences, volume 16, page xiii:

Surprisingly, mTOR inhibitors displayed little inhibitory efficacy regarding receptor modulation and cytokine production which may be clinically relevant in terms of the risk of underimmunosuppression with this class of drugs.

2015 July 6, “NK Cells of Kidney Transplant Recipients Display an Activated Phenotype that Is Influenced by Immunosuppression and Pathological Staging”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.

細胞因子 /细胞因子

any of various small regulatory proteins


fur burger

Oh you haven't lived till you've had a nibble on a fur burger!

2001 August 16, John Duffey, reply in "She will be mine...", alt.babylon5.uk http://groups.google.com/group/alt.babylon5.uk/browse_thread/thread/6e8822e3fbfe55d9/afd6b1ea25897fe9?lnk=st&q=%22fur-burger%22&rnum=120#afd6b1ea25897fe9

Tonight I want to eat your fur-burger and I do not care about getting glazed

2002, Elvis F. Mitchell, The Voices of the Oppressed, iUniverse, page 85

Now, slowly and not to obviously, you cross your legs and give them a quick glance at your little fur-burger.

2007, Karl Rockwood, The Very Private Secretary, Blackmask Online, page 95

(slang, usually in the context of cunnilingus): An unshaven, hairy vulva.


fontanelle

Borrowed from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle, diminutive of fontaine (“fountain, spring”).

(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.


poontang

en-noun

poontang (countable and uncountable, plural poontangs)

Origin uncertain. Likely from French putain (“prostitute”). Compare Jamaican Creole punani (“female genitalia”); also Tagalog putang ina (“contemptible person”, literally “prostitute-mother”) from Spanish puta (“prostitute”).

cog

(US, colloquial, vulgar) Female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.


wiz

One notorious trick in less reputable corners of the MUD universe is to talk somebody into going into a dark corner of a MUD for some tinysex — dirty talking via computer screen, within character for the MUD, along with explicit posing — a dark corner where some invisible wizzes are hiding.

2000, Howard Rheingold, The Virtual Community, revised edition, page 154:

The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.

2003, David Lojek, Emote to the Max, page 11:

(Internet, informal) A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon.


wiz

en-verb

wiz (third-person singular simple present wizzes, present participle wizzing, simple past and past participle wizzed)

wizzes (present singular third-person)
wizzing (participle present)
wizzed (participle past)
wizzed (past)

I lost interest and stopped playing soon after I wizzed.

(Internet, informal, intransitive) To be promoted to wizard (administrator) status in a multi-user dungeon, by completing the game quest.


wiz

Onomatopoeic for the sound made by urination.

I have to take a wiz.

(vulgar, slang) Alternative spelling of whiz: an act of urination.


wiz

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(slang, especially represents slurred or drunken speech) Pronunciation spelling of with.


substantia nigra

en-noun

substantia nigra (plural substantiae nigrae or substantia nigras)

substantiae nigrae (plural)
substantia nigras (plural)

Scientific Latin, from substantia (“substance”) + nigra (“black”).

Their location was established in the 1950s as the substantia nigra, a layer of grey matter in the midbrain.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 551:

(anatomy) A brain structure located in the mesencephalon (midbrain) that plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement, damage to which occurs in Parkinson's and Parkinsonian patients.


nucleus accumbens

(neuroanatomy) A dopaminergic nucleus found near the most anterior portion of the caudate nucleus.


globus pallidus

From Latin globus pallidus (“pale body”).

(neuroanatomy) The inner part of the lenticular nucleus of the brain.


glossal

From Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “a tongue”) + -al.

af

(anatomy, rare) Of or relating to the tongue.


bicuspid

Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.


bicuspid

A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.


bloodshot

en-adj

bloodshot (comparative more bloodshot, superlative most bloodshot)

more bloodshot (comparative)
most bloodshot (superlative)

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She said she was perfectly fine but I could tell she was tired; her eyes were all bloodshot.

(of the eyes) Reddened and inflamed because of congested blood vessels.


midriff

From Middle English midref, mydrif, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), from Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif. Equivalent to mid- + riff.

I stuck it out for about an hour and then, apprised by a hollow feeling in the midriff that the dinner hour was approaching, laid a course for home.

1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XXI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

But by Season 3, she said her patience had fizzled like bad Champagne after Emily grossly mispronounced “bien sûr” (“of course!”), flashed her midriff at the office and mistook George Sand, the French romantic writer, as a man.

2023 January 20, Dan Bilefsky, “American Expatriates in Paris Wish Emily Cooper Would Go Home”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(anatomy) The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.

上腹部 (jōfukubu, literally “upper belly portion”)

胴体の中部 (dōtai no chūbu, literally “middle portion of the torso”)


œstrogen

(biochemistry, steroids) Alternative spelling of estrogen


volumizer

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(bodybuilding) A dietary supplement that increases water uptake in muscle cells, causing the muscles to temporarily swell.


estrogen

en-noun

estrogen (countable and uncountable, plural estrogens)

/ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/

/ˈiːstɹəd͡ʒən/

From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”).

af

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">estrus</i>

secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968).

1970, Harvey W. Mohrenweiser, Role of Hormones in Controlling Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis During Lactogenesis, Michigan State University. Departments of Biochemistry and Dairy, page 36:

It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450ₐᵣₒ), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3).

2013, David O. Norris, Vertebrate Endocrinology, page 151:

(biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.


insertion

en-noun

insertion (countable and uncountable, plural insertions)

(anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.


ductus

Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun). Doublet of duct and douit.

bor

(anatomy) a duct, tube or canal in the body


bearded

From Middle English berded, from Old English ġebearded, ġebeardede, ġebierd, ġebierde (“bearded”), from Proto-Germanic *bardōdaz (“bearded”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂tos (“bearded”), equivalent to beard + -ed. Cognate with Dutch bebaarde (“bearded”), Middle Low German bārt (“bearded”), archaic German gebartet (“bearded”).

The herbaceous perennial irises benefit from at least one feeding a year in early spring as growth begins. Siberian and Japanese irises appreciate a second feeding just as the flowers fade. Beardeds do best with a second feeding in late summer.

2017, Barbara W. Ellis, “Iris: Irises”, in Taylor's Guide to Growing North America's Favorite Plants: Proven Perennials, Annuals, Flowering Trees, Shrubs, & Vines for Every Garden, New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 181:

(informal, botany, horticulture) A bearded iris.


eye shadow

en-noun

eye shadow (countable and uncountable, plural eye shadows)

Makeup that is applied to the eyelids and below the eyes to give a darker complexion there.


eyeliner

eyeliner (countable and uncountable, plural eyeliners)

Do you need to wear eyeliner? As with any makeup step, eyeliner is completely optional. From an artistic perspective, if you are wearing eyeshadow, I almost always recommend wearing eyeliner, unless your eyelids and eyelashes are obscured by the eyebrow area. Eyeliner is a basic part of an eye-makeup design because it shapes and defines the eyes and makes the eyelashes look thicker.

2004, Paula Begoun, The Complete Beauty Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Smart Beauty, Rodale Inc., →ISBN, page 419:

Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline.


gamma globulin

A class of proteins in the blood, identified by their position after serum protein electrophoresis. The most significant gamma globulins are antibodies.

A fraction of blood serum containing the most antibodies.


endoderm

(anatomy, biology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.


hairpiece

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A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.


syrup of figs

syrup of figs (countable and uncountable, plural syrups of figs)

Cockney rhyming slang
Cockney rhyming slang

(Cockney rhyming slang, countable) A wig.


podex

If these native babes went around with their podexes exposed they wouldn't have any because the mosquitoes would eat them off.

1953, Jack Woodford, Writer's Cramp, page 35:

(anatomy, rare) The anus, rectum, or buttocks of a human.


glia

From Ancient Greek γλία (glía), γλοία (gloía, “glue”), γλοιός (gloiós, “a glutinous substance, gum”)

(anatomy) The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.


lateral geniculate nucleus

(neuroanatomy) The nucleus of the thalamus which receives input from the optic tract.


superior colliculus

superior colliculus (plural superior colliculi)

(anatomy) A structure on the tectum that receives neural projections directly from the retina. It is the primary area of the brain thought to be involved in saccadic eye movements, and is also thought to be involved in hand-eye coordination.


periaqueductal gray

periaqueductal gray (plural not attested)

Shortening of periaqueductal gray matter.

The periaqueductal gray contains circuits that control the sensorimotor components of rage.

2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 601:

(neuroanatomy) The region surrounding the cerebral aqueduct in the midbrain, playing an important role in analgesia.


cerebral aqueduct

cerebral aqueduct (plural cerebral aqueducts)

(neuroanatomy) The channel in the brain which connects the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle. It is surrounded by the periaqueductal gray.


tegmentum

tegmentum (plural tegmentums or tegmenta)

(neuroanatomy) The ventral portion of the midbrain, divided from the tectum by the cerebral aqueduct and the periaqueductal grey

ventral tegmental area
ventral tegmental area

(neuroanatomy) Containing the following nuclei: red nucleus, substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area


white matter

central nervous system
central nervous system

(neuroanatomy) A region of the central nervous system containing myelinated nerve fibres and no dendrites.


occiput

Borrowed from Latin occiput (“the back part of the head”). Compare sinciput.

bor

And then came Turbor, who sat quietly and unemotionally through the fifteen minute process, and Munn, who jerked at the first touch of the electrodes, and then spent the session rolling his eyes as though he wished he could turn them backwards and watch through a hole in his occiput.

1953, Isaac Asimov, “9: The Conspirators”, in Second Foundation (Foundation Series), Panther Books Ltd, Part II: Search by the Foundation, page 95:

He wore a large white cotton Nubian shirt, trimmed with red pompons, and shaved his head, except for one lock at the occiput ‘by which Mohammed lifts you up on Judgement Day’.

2002, Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel, published 2008:

(chiefly anatomy) The back part of the head or skull.


deltoid

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From Latin deltoideus, which was in turn from Ancient Greek adjective δελτοειδής (deltoeidḗs). See also: δέλτα (délta), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.

(anatomy) The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.

(anatomy) The deltoid ligament, a triangular ligament on the human ankle.


tectum

From Latin tēctum (“roof”), from tegō (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”). Doublet of tect.

(neuroanatomy) The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus


stele

From 1886 French stèle, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock; pillar; column”).

der

The stele may have—in different structures—one to many protoxylem (primitive wood) groups, and is accordingly described as monarch...diarch...triarch...tetrarch...polyarch.

1895, Sydney Howard Vines, A Students' Text-book of Botany, section 179:

The so-called central cylinder, for which Van Tieghem has proposed the name stele (column).

1898, Eduard Strasburger et al., translated by Hobart Charles Porter, A Text-book of Botany, section 109:

(botany) The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.

varsi

(botany) central core of the root and shoot system


cyclo-

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ding dong

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Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well! / Who put her in? Little Johnny Thin. / Who pulled her out? Little Tommy Stout. (Traditional English nursery rhyme)

(onomatopoeia, colloquial, often childish) The sound made by a bell; especially, that made by a doorbell.

丁冬

onomatopoeia for the sound of a doorbell


ding dong

My girlfriend's math teacher is a ding dong.

(colloquial, derogatory) Alternative form of ding-dong; an idiot.

(colloquial, often humorous, euphemistic) Alternative form of ding-dong; a penis.


spinal column

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spinal canal

(anatomy) The canal which runs down through the vertebrae and contains the spinal cord and spinal meninges.

椎管

canal containing the spinal cord and spinal meninges


CBD

en-noun

CBD (countable and uncountable, plural CBDs or CBD's)

(hairdressing) Initialism of cut and blow-dry.

common bile duct
common bile duct#English

(anatomy) Initialism of common bile duct.


Maryland bridge

Maryland bridge (plural Maryland bridges)

A dental prosthetic replacing a missing tooth by a bridging piece which is glued to the backs of the adjacent teeth (as opposed to an ordinary dental bridge, which is attached by grinding down the adjacent teeth and covering them).


BCG

birth control glasses
birth control glasses#English

(US, military slang) Initialism of birth control glasses.


compressor

From compress + -or, or from New Latin compressor.

(anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.


CCA

CCA (countable and uncountable, plural CCAs)

common carotid artery
common carotid artery#English

(anatomy) Initialism of common carotid artery.


lamina

lamina (plural laminae or (archaic) laminæ or laminas)

laminae (plural)
laminæ (archaic plural)
laminas (plural)

Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”). Doublet of lame.

bor

A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.

(anatomy) Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.

(botany) The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.

(geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.

(zootomy) One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof.


four-eyes

As soon as he saw me he hailed me as “Four eyes,” in reference to my spectacles, and said, “Four eyes is going to treat.” I joined in the laugh and got behind the stove and sat down, thinking to escape notice.

1913, Theodore Roosevelt, “In Cowboy Land”, in An Autobiography, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 136:

(idiomatic, derogatory) A person who wears spectacles/eyeglasses.

betaurrekodun

(derogatory) person who wears spectacles


voluntary muscle

en-noun

voluntary muscle (plural voluntary muscles)

(anatomy) Muscle that is normally controlled by individual volition; skeletal muscle.


smooth muscle

smooth muscle (countable and uncountable, plural smooth muscles)

(anatomy) Involuntary muscle which is found within the intestines, throat, uterus, and blood vessel walls.


involuntary muscle

involuntary muscle (countable and uncountable, plural involuntary muscles)

(anatomy) Muscle that is not controlled by individual volition; cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.


skeletal muscle

skeletal muscle (countable and uncountable, plural skeletal muscles)

(anatomy) The voluntary muscle of vertebrates, which is striated and anchored by tendons to bone and is used to effect skeletal movement such as locomotion.


cardiac muscle

cardiac muscle (countable and uncountable, plural cardiac muscles)

(anatomy, cardiology) The striated and involuntary muscle of the vertebrate heart.


spermatheca

spermatheca (plural spermathecas or spermathecae)

spermathecas (plural)
spermathecae (plural)

/ˌspɜːməˈθiːkə/

(anatomy) A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which stores sperm until it is used to fertilize the ova.


prostatic utricle

prostatic utricle (plural prostatic utricles)

(anatomy) A small pouch in the prostate opening that is homologous to the uterus.


ear canal

(anatomy) The tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum through which sound enters.


vaginal

/vəˈd͡ʒʌɪ.nəl/

Borrowing from New Latin vāgīnālis, from vāgīna (“a covering, sheath; the vagina”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to vagina + -al.

af

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to a theca.


outer ear

(anatomy) The outer portion of the ear which includes the auricle/pinna and the ear canal and leads to the eardrum.


tragus

Borrowed from Late Latin tragus, from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat; part of the ear”); with reference to a tuft of hair, likened to a goat’s beard, that may grow on the tragus, especially in older men.

bor

(anatomy) The small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal.


middle ear

(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.


popliteal

From Late Latin popliteus (from Latin poples (“ham, knee”)) + -al.

On removing a quantity of fat which separates the popliteal nerve from the vein and artery, these will be exposed lying in direct contact, the vein being posterior or superficial to the artery and a little to its outer side at the upper part of the space.

1839, John Steggall, Malcolm William Hilles, A Manual for the College of Surgeons in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh, page 433:

The popliteal entrapment syndrome is a developmental disorder resulting in an anomalous relationship between the popliteal artery and muscle structures in the popliteal fossa.

2006, Gregory J. Landry, edited by Gerald B. Zelenock, Mastery of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 53: Treatment of Nonatherosclerotic Causes of Infrainguinal Arterial Occlusive Disease, page 443:

The popliteal artery is exposed through an incision that parallels the anterior border of the sartorius muscle and passes just posterior to the medial condyle.

2009, Carol E. H. Scott-Conner, Operative Anatomy, page 758:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the popliteus (the area behind the knee).


precarious

/pɹɪˈkɛə.ɹɪ.əs/

(dentistry) Relating to incipient caries.


cuspid

From Latin cuspid-, stem of cuspis (“point, apex”). Doublet of cusp and cuspis.

A tooth with a single cusp; a canine tooth.


Eustachian tube

en-noun

Eustachian tube (plural Eustachian tubes)

Named after Italian scientist Bartolomeo Eustachi.

(anatomy) In humans and other land vertebrates, a tube that links the nasopharynx to the cavity of the middle ear to allow the equalization of the pressure on both sides of the eardrum.

yevstax borusu

tube that links the pharynx to the cavity of the middle ear


eardrum

(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.

طَبْلَة اَلْأُذْن

membrane separating outer and middle ears

membrana tympani

which some sources assert to be a TA term; perhaps it was formerly so


intercostal

(anatomy) Between the ribs of an animal or person.

وَرْبِيَّة

anatomy: between the ribs of an animal or person


intercostal

(anatomy) Something that is between the ribs of an animal.


hematoma

hematoma (plural hematomas or hematomata)

From hemato- + -oma. Among the many words derived from -oma that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a neoplasm; another is granuloma.

The so-called Danlos or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome consists of three symptoms: (1) pronounced fragility of the skin and its blood vessels, with breaking, splitting and the formation of hematomas and pseudotumors subsequent to the slightest trauma (dermatorrhexis-fragilitas cutis), (2) a more or less pronounced hyperlaxity and hyperelasticity of the skin (dermatochalasis-laxitas cutis) and (3) more or less pronounced hyperlaxity or hyperflexibility of the joints (arthrochalasis-laxitas articularis).

1936 June 2, F Ronchese, “Dermatorrhexis with dermatochalasis and arthrochalasis (the so-called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 51, number 6, page 1403:

In 30 years as an expert witness, I have seen total plexus paralysis in three patients after needle angiography with intraaxillary hematoma not followed by surgical repair.

2012, E. Zeitler, Radiology of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, page 191:

(pathology) A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.


inner ear

(anatomy) The portion of the ear located within the temporal bone which includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea and is responsible for hearing and balance.


rocks

You seem a bit out of it lately, have you been smoking rocks again?


sigmoid colon

(anatomy) The S-shaped section of the large intestine between the descending colon and the rectum.


coiffure

en-verb

coiffure (third-person singular simple present coiffures, present participle coiffuring, simple past and past participle coiffured)

coiffures (present singular third-person)
coiffuring (participle present)
coiffured (participle past)
coiffured (past)

Perfectly coiffured and seemingly imperturbable, Setsuko approaches madness as her psychological and sexual insecurities are dredged up by confrontations with her past and mind games with the suspected murderer.

1996 August 23, Ted Shen, “Angel Dust”, in Chicago Reader:

Her eyes seldom left for long the other end of the table, where Stephanie, at Dominey's left hand, with her crown of exquisitely coiffured red-gold hair, her marvellous jewellery, her languorous grace of manner, seemed more like one of the beauties of an ancient Venetian Court than a modern Hungarian Princess gowned in the Rue de la Paix.

1920, E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Great Impersonation:

Her hair was far less elaborately coiffured and her toilette less magnificent than the toilettes of the women by whom she was surrounded.

1915, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo:

Her attire is rich, she wears costly jewels, and her hair is tastefully coiffured.

1842, Edgcumbe Staley, The Tragedies of the Medici:


blowout

Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to parties ...

2015, Trish Nicholson, Inside the Crocodile: The Papua New Guinea Journals, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:

Chloe's lips formed a thin line, and she guided her sister a few feet away from Aubrey and Erik, her hooker heels sinking into the shells a little as they went. "C'mon, Jane. Erik's cousin is a Barnie and is hosting a blowout tonight. The party is in Salem"

2016, Blayne Cooper, Blind Side of the Moon, Bella Books, →ISBN:

(slang) A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.

An act of defecation in which an incontinent person, usually an infant or toddler, produces a large amount of excrement that causes their diaper to overflow and leak.

An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.

Get a blowout! Your hair is one of the first things a guy will notice because, hello, it's right at eye level. So take the time to do it right. No ponytails. No frizzy disasters. Wear your hair down.

2007, Janis Spindel, How to Date Men: Dating Secrets from America's Top Matchmaker, Penguin, →ISBN, page 55:

I mean, how did the African sista' who was getting her hair braided in the first movie get a blowout? And the slave trader's shirt wasn't even right! And the look on the African woman's face when she was watching the white ladies pet her "friend" ...

2011, Donna Kakonge, PhD Student, The Politics of Black Hair Online Coursebook, →ISBN:

A couple of weeks later, I contacted Melissa to get a blowout for my hair because I was going to New York for an interview but I had to be in the city early in the morning. Melissa said I could come to her condo the night before the event.

2017, Anysia Marcell Kiel, Discovering the Healer Within: Use Chakras & Intuition to Clear Negativity & Release Pain, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:

Go to your local salon and get a blowout. Or put a blue streak in your hair. Or if you're commitment-phobic, get a temporary blue extension braided into your hair.

2019, Susan Hyatt, Bare: A 7-Week Program to Transform Your Body, Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become the Bravest, Most Unstoppable Version of You, BenBella Books, →ISBN:

An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.


digestive system

en-noun

digestive system (plural digestive systems)

All the food that you eat goes through your digestive system and is digested.

(anatomy) A system of organs for the purpose of digesting food.


medially

laterally

antonym(s) of “near or along the midline”

laterally

antonym(s) of “nearer or toward the midline”

(anatomy) In a medial direction or location; near or along the midline.

(anatomy) In a medial direction or location; nearer or toward the midline.


peeper

Check out the gorgeous peepers on that guy!

1938, Louis Armstrong (and lyrics by Johnny Mercer), Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get them peepers?
Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get those eyes?

The witness stand. Goldminers giving evidence, sure he's violent didn't I see him with my own peepers chasing those poor kids up on the roof.

1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 36:

(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) The eye.


endoskeleton

endoskeleton (plural endoskeletons or endoskeleta)

endoskeletons (plural)
endoskeleta (plural)

This is the case not only with all forms provided with exoskeleta and endoskeleta, into the composition of which lime largely enters, but also with those which exercise the precipitating effect on the calcium salts they absorb from sea water, the precipitation rarely going so far as to form a distinct deposit in the cells or tissues of the organism.

1903 January 17, A[rchibald] B[yron] Macallum, “The Palæochemistry of the Ocean in Relation to Animal and Vegetable Protoplasm”, in Transactions of the Canadian Institute, volume VII, Toronto, Ont.: […] for the Canadian Institute by Murray Printing Company, published 1904, section IV (The Composition of the Primeval Ocean), page 551:

Endoskeleta have the advantage that they can be flexibly “restructured” when the situation demands.

1978, K.H. Pribram, “Modes of Central Processing in Human Learning and Remebering”, in Timothy Teyler, editor, Brain and Learning, Stamford, Conn.: Greylock Publishers, →ISBN, section “The Implications”, page 156:

The acantharian radiolaria can similarly collect and precipitate strontium sulfate to form their endoskeleta. […] Besides the axopods, most other radiolaria form endoskeleta of either strontium sulfate (the Acantharea) or, more often, opaline silicates (the Polycystinea and Phaeodarea).

1991, Eugene C. Bovee, “Sarcodina”, in Frederick W. Harrison, John O. Corliss, editors, Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, volume 1 (Protozoa), Wiley-Liss, →ISBN, pages 205 and 213:

(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.


premolar

He opened and let out a hogo of medicinal rum and beer. The bad tooth was a premolar.

A tooth situated in front of the molar teeth; especially a tooth in humans with two cusps which is between the canines and the molars (Latin: singular dens premolaris, plural dentes premolares)


kisser

Not a pretty kisser,
but so mobile those
drawn-on brows, bulging
peepers green as dill,
cock-eyed grin,
the It Girls lost it
beside her.

1999, Karen Shenfeld, “Fanny Brice 1891-1951,”, in The Law of Return, Guernica, →ISBN, page 18:


progesterone

/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛstəɹəʊn/

/pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛstəˌɹoʊn/

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From pro- (“supporting”) + Latin gestāre (“to bear, to carry”) + -one (“a ketone”).

af

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">gestāre</i>

(biochemistry, steroids, uncountable) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.

(biochemistry, steroids, countable) A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills and other pharmaceutical products.


fauxhawk

An imitation of the Mohawk hairstyle in which a central tuft is created using gel without having to shave the sides of the head.


cellula

(anatomy) A small compartment or chamber


diddly

"My child is going to be taught all about sex as soon as he can understand. Mother-in-law is always clucking to him about his diddly. No, no, I say, you must call it penis."

1968, Monica Dickens, The Landlord's Daughter, Doubleday & Company, page 268:


provisional

/pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/

From Middle French provisionnal (compare French provisionnel).

If this was not possible, then alternatives including provisionalizing with a complete denture or a tooth-supported fixed provisional and a staged treatment protocol should have been considered.

2015, Stuart J. Froum, Dental Implant Complications, page 518:


norepinephrine

en-noun

norepinephrine (countable and uncountable, plural norepinephrines)

/ˌnɔːɹɛpɪˈnɛfɹɪn/

For quotations using this term, see Citations:norepinephrine.

(biochemistry) A neurotransmitter found in the locus coeruleus which is synthesized from dopamine.


pecker

From Middle English pekker, equivalent to peck (“to pick at something in the manner of a bird”) + -er (“forming agent nouns”).

af

Rice mills, called pecker, cog, and water mills... The first... so called, from the pestle's striking... in the manner of a wood pecker.

1802, J. Drayton, A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns, page 121:

After being thrashed by flail or whipped off, the rice was milled and dressed wholly by hand or by a crude machine called a ‘pecker’.

1949, S. C. Murray, This Our Land: the Story of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina, page 41:

Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly:

(uncommon) Any machine or machine part moving in a pecking fashion, particularly:

(US regional, historical) Clipping of pecker mill, a rice mill.


noradrenergic

en-adj

noradrenergic (comparative more noradrenergic, superlative most noradrenergic)

more noradrenergic (comparative)
most noradrenergic (superlative)


noradrenaline

en-noun

noradrenaline (countable and uncountable, plural noradrenalines)

/nɔːɹəˈdɹɛnəlɪn/

Ranicide in rats was found to be reduced by injection of noradrenaline into the hypothalamus, as was muricide behaviour (Bandler, 1970).[…]Other sites in the unspecified ‘ventral midbrain’ were also found (Bandler, 1971) at which noradrenaline administration in crystalline form served to facilitate predatory aggression (ranicide and muricide).

1984, Stephen T. Mason, “Catecholamines and vegetative behaviour”, in Catecholamines and Behaviour, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section “Aggression”, page 333:

(biochemistry, chiefly UK) Synonym of norepinephrine.

noradrenalina

the compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine


operculum

Hyoliths […] have a small, conical calcium carbonate shell, with a lid called an operculum.

2017 January 18, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian:

(zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover.

(botany) The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds.

درپوش

(botany) lidlike portion on a sporangium or fruit that detaches

(dentistry) A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth.

(anatomy) One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula.


choad

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What a find...a giant choad!

1968, Robert Crumb, Zap Comix, volume 3, unnumbered page:

1970±, S. Clay Wilson, as quoted by Blair Haworth, “Meaning of Choad? (and a Peter Jackson question)” (1993 August 11), alt.tasteless, Usenet
Your choad veins are pulsing love songs

We all wank, sonny wiggles his willy, daddy plays with the meat in an orderly and rational way, and granddad's choad also delivers on a regular basis.

1993 December 14, Steven Snedker, “Wanking 101 [long]”, alt.sex.masturbation, Usenet, as quoted by Richard J. McCunney (December 26)

(vulgar, slang) A penis, especially one that is short and thick.


pigtail

[I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails.

2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 12:

(now especially) Either of a pair of braids or tails worn on the sides of the head.


adrenergic

en-adj

adrenergic (comparative more adrenergic, superlative most adrenergic)

more adrenergic (comparative)
most adrenergic (superlative)


chonmage

That the actors portraying samurai wear headpieces in the traditional “chonmage” style, in which a ponytail is folded back over the top of the head, creates a sense of androgynous uniformity. (Mitsuteru Okuyama did the wigs.)

2022 October 24, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Chushingura — 47 Ronin’ Review: A Sprawling Tale of Loyalty”, in The New York Times:

A traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men, traditionally associated with samurai and more recently with sumo wrestlers.


effusion

en-noun

effusion (countable and uncountable, plural effusions)

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Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.

Coordinate term: edema

pleural effusion

(medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.