biceps femoris

en-noun

biceps femoris (plural biceps femorum or biceps femoris)

biceps femorum (plural)
biceps femoris (plural)

(anatomy) The flexor of the knee, a two-headed muscle in the back of the upper leg.


superiorly

en-adv

superiorly (comparative more superiorly, superlative most superiorly)

more superiorly (comparative)
most superiorly (superlative)

(anatomy, medicine) above; in a superior position.


reproductive organ

en-noun

reproductive organ (plural reproductive organs)

Near-synonyms: sex organ, genital

(anatomy) An organ used for sexual reproduction.

عُضُو تَكَاثُر

organ used for sexual reproduction — see also sex organ


nethers

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(female member of the spaceship crew speaking) "We're going on a year now, I ain't had nothing 'twixt my nethers weren't run on batteries."

At the movies, the nethers have become unnestled, and not just in art films.

2009 February 27, Peter Howell, “Doctor Manhattan part of the full-frontal revolution”, in Toronto Star:

The private parts of the body, particularly the sex organs.


glycyrrhizic acid

(organic chemistry) Synonym of glycyrrhizin.


emerin

(biochemistry) A protein found in the nuclear membrane of vertebrate cells


glycyrrhizin

From glycyrrhiza (“licorice root”) + -in.

Glycyrrhiza glabra
Glycyrrhiza glabra#Translingual

(organic chemistry) A crystalline glycosidic acid, the main sweet-tasting compound from licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root, thirty to fifty times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar).


pterygopalatine

Borrowed from French ptérygo-palatin, from New Latin pterygopalātīnus, from pterygoīdēs (“winglike”) + palātīnus (“relating to the palate”); equivalent to pterygo- + palatine.

af

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone.

翼顎 /翼颚

of or pertaining to the pterygoid process and the palatine bone


arylesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an aryl ester

arilesterase

any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an aryl ester


pyrophosphorylase

(biochemistry) Any pyrophosphate transferase


pontin

(biochemistry) An ATPase that is a component of telomerase


Jewfro

He raked his fingers through his hair, which had become a Jewfro in the Florida humidity.

2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 160:

A curly, bushy hairstyle worn by some Ashkenazi Jews.


osseoaponeurotic

From the Latin osseus (“bone”), and Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) plus νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon”), literally translated as "the end of the muscle where it becomes tendon".

uder

(anatomy) Pertaining to an object composed of bone and aponeurosis; at the end of a muscle where it becomes tendon.


dodecadactylum

From Ancient Greek δωδεκαδάκτυλον (dōdekadáktulon), from δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) ≅ “twelve-fingers[-long thing]”; compare English duodenum and German Zwölffingerdarm; cognate with Greek δωδεκαδάκτυλο (dodekadáktylo) and Italian dodecadattilo.

δωδεκαδάκτυλον

cog

δωδεκαδάκτυλο


carpometacarpal

en-adj

carpometacarpal (comparative more carpometacarpal, superlative most carpometacarpal)

more carpometacarpal (comparative)
most carpometacarpal (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to carpometacarpus, fusion of digits.


sulfiredoxin

en-noun

sulfiredoxin (countable and uncountable, plural sulfiredoxins)

(biochemistry) An oxidoreductase enzyme involved in antioxidant metabolism


pudendum muliebre

pudendum muliebre (plural pudenda muliebria)

From Latin pudendum (“a thing to be ashamed of”) + muliebre, neuter form of muliebris (“of a woman”).

uder

(6) Two nights after the birth of the infant, and until the tenth night, a midwife will, in some places, daily thrust her finger into the pudendum muliebre and vagina, for the purpose of removing any clots of blood which may remain in the vagina. This is to vakasilima.
(7) When a mother has, after the birth of an infant, had too early intercourse with her husband, a midwife will be called in, who will vakasilima her by thrusting her finger into the pudendum muliebre and vagina.

1896, Report of the Fiji Commission to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population: with appendices, page 168 (E.J. March, Government Printer)

(dated) A woman's pudendum; her vulva; compare pudendum virile.


arachnoidian

/əɹækˈnɔɪdɪən/

1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 53 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
Hmm, false membranes are adhering to the arachnoidian layer of the dura mater. I’m directing my gaze into a world of constant visibility. Where does it hurt?


pulpitis

(dentistry) A reversible or irreversible inflammation of the tooth pulp which is in most cases of endodontic origin but can also be of periodontal origin too. It can lead to apical periodontitis, cysts and tooth loss if not treated.


spinothalamic

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the spinal cord and the thalamus.


dispase

(biochemistry) A protease that cleaves fibronectin and collagen


immunophilin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of isomerases active in the immune system.


neurofibromin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins associated with neurofibromatosis


perivitelline

(anatomy) Situated around (or near) the vitellus.


phogrin

(biochemistry) A protein present on insulin-secretory granules of pancreatic beta cells


syncollin

(biochemistry) A small protein found in the exocrine pancreas


geniculum

A small genu, or angular knee-like structure, especially (anatomy) a sharp knee-like bend in a small structure or organ.


protopathic

Relating to a sensory nerve that detects the presence of a stimulus without determining its location.

Relating to first symptoms of a disease, as in the sense of protopathic bias


cauda equina

From Latin cauda equina (literally “horse's tail”), from its appearance like a horsetail.

der

The cauda equina normally begins at the level of the L1/2 disc space, distal to the conus medullaris.

2004, Walter George Bradley, Neurology in Clinical Practice: The neurological disorders, Volume 2, page 1158:

(anatomy) A bundle of nerve roots at the base of the spinal column


loment

(botany) A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds.

loment

a type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds


flavoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any oxidoreductase that requires FAD (flavin adenine dinucleotide) as a prosthetic group that functions in electron transfers


rhizoid

(botany) A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.


pinopod

Any of various marine bivalves belonging to the suborder Pinopodia.

One of the progesterone-sensitive nodules in the human uterus thought to be responsible for removal of uterine fluids in early pregnancy.


slant-eyed

en-adj

slant-eyed (comparative more slant-eyed, superlative most slant-eyed)

more slant-eyed (comparative)
most slant-eyed (superlative)

(derogatory) Specifically refers to having the eyes of most East Asians: with epicanthic folds, as opposed to the downturned eyes of Europeans.


Jheri curl

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/ˈdʒɛɹi kɜɹl/

Named after American hairdresser Jheri Redding (1907–1998), its inventor.

named-after

Today's temperature's gonna rise up over 100 degrees, so there's a Jheri curl alert! That's right, Jheri curl alert. If you have a Jheri curl, stay in the house or you'll end up with a permanent black helmet on your head fuh-eva!

1989, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, spoken by Mister Senor Love Daddy (Samuel L. Jackson):

Eye shadow but no lipstick, Jheri curl drying out.

2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 517:

His little Jheri curl shined under the car's light. He looked hood.

2020, Romeo Conway, Stop Faking for Stripes, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:

A hairstyle popular with the African-American community in the 1980s, giving a glossy, loosely curled look.


maw-gut

From Middle English mawe gutte (literally “gut of the stomach cavity”).

inh

Pylorus, the Keeper of a Gate, a Porter. In Anatomy, the lower Orifice or Mouth of the Stomach, by which the Meat is let into the Entrails, the Maw-gut : It is alſo call’d Janitor in Latin.

1720: Edward Phillips (author) and John Kerſey (editor), The New World of Words : or, Univerſal Engliſh Dictionary, PU–PY (7th edition)


epiploon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίπλοον (epíploon).


Beltian body

From Belt + -ian, after Thomas Belt (1832–1878), English geologist and naturalist.

(botany) A structure found on the tips of leaflets in some acacias, rich in lipids and proteins, believed to have evolved as part of a symbiotic relationship with ants.


John Lennon spectacles

A clamp-jawed man in his early thirties, a Program attorney named Sean, sat up front as well, next to a trim, bearded fellow of the same age — the good Dr. Henderson, complete with a yachtsman's physique and John Lennon spectacles.

2004, Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, The Program, page 238:

(plural only) A pair of spectacles (glasses) with round lenses.


John Lennon glasses

Everyone in New York
Had a position on Shanker,
A story about garbage,
An unconventional sex life,
John Lennon glasses, […]

1969 (7 Apr), Judith Viorst, "New York Visit, 1969", New York Magazine 2 (no.14): 43

"[…]Or, I could go to Harvard Square, browse the coffee shops wearing my John Lennon glasses, and look for an intellectual who's smart enough to see the woman inside."

1998, Barbara Delinsky, A Woman's Place, page 335:

A bookish young man with John Lennon glasses looked up, smiled, and answered in a northern accent. "The tool is calibrated. Just waiting to hit total depth."

2003, Greg Iles, Sleep No More, page 36:

(plural only) A pair of eyeglasses (spectacles) with round lenses.

lennonky

pair of eyeglasses/spectacles with round lenses


asparaginase

en-noun

asparaginase (countable and uncountable, plural asparaginases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy.

asparaginaza

an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid


atlantoaxial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the articulation of the atlas with the axis.


ninein

(biochemistry) A protein that has a centrosomal function


-tomy

From Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Cutting, incision, section
(anatomy) A division.


supramarginal

The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]

2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy:


foveola

foveola (plural foveolas or foveolae or foveolæ)

foveolas (plural)
foveolae (plural)
foveolæ (plural)

(anatomy) The center of the fovea in the macula of the eye, approximately 0.35 mm in diameter, containing only cone cells.


retroplacental

en-adj

retroplacental (comparative more retroplacental, superlative most retroplacental)

more retroplacental (comparative)
most retroplacental (superlative)

(anatomy) Between the placenta and myometrium


gastrocele

(anatomy) A cavity in the embryonic gastrula


bucco-

From buccal, from Latin bucca (“mouth; cheek”).

(anatomy, medicine, dentistry) buccal; related to the cheek.

(anatomy, medicine, dentistry) (rarely; historically) oral; related to the mouth, especially the oral cavity.


retropharyngeal

/ˌɹɛ.tɹəʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɹɛ.tɹəʊ.fa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əl/

/ˌɹɛ.tɹəʊ.fa.ɹənˈd͡ʒiː.əl/

/ˌɹɛ.tɹoʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɹɛ.tɹoʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/

Mid 19th century from retro- + pharyngeal, after French rétro-pharyngien.

(anatomy, relational) Located behind the pharynx.


lovelock

A lock of hair that hangs down and is worn apart from the hair that remains.


mesocolon

en-noun

mesocolon (plural mesocolons or mesocola)

(anatomy) The part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall.

mesocolon

the part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall


beauty parlour

(UK) Alternative spelling of beauty parlor


intrinsic protein

intrinsic protein (plural intrinsic proteins)

(biochemistry) A protein (or group of proteins) permanently attached to a biological membrane by interactions between its hydrophobic dimer units and the phospholipids of the membrane


labially

en-adv

labially (comparative more labially, superlative most labially)

more labially (comparative)
most labially (superlative)

Transillumination of anterior teeth, using the composite curing light placed labially to shine through the tooth and be viewed using the mouth mirror, shows up any cavities as dark interproximal shadows.

2013, Carole Hollins, Questions and Answers for Dental Nurses, page 44:

(linguistics, dentistry) In a labial manner; by means of the lips.


adrenosterone

(biochemistry) A hormone, originally isolated from the adrenal cortex, that has weak androgenic effects.


postiche

This type of postiche is called a 'combination wig' because it mixes hand-made work with machine-made work.

1993, Patsy Baker, Wigs & Makeup for Theatre, Television, and Film, page 150:

[…]both kings and queens enjoyed wearing lavish fake beards made of gold and silver called postiches, which were strapped behind the ears like a Halloween mask.

2001, Allan Peterkin, One Thousand Beards: A cultural history of facial hair, page 17:

Any item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.

postiche

any item of false hair worn on the head or face


invertin

(obsolete, biochemistry) Any enzyme that converts a sugar to an invert sugar; saccharase.


epicanthus

/ˈɛpɪkˌænθəs/

(anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.

epicant

a skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians


adipous

Mr. Copland Hutchison remarks*, that the cellular texture connecting the adipous membrane, to the fascia or muscles, suppurates and sloughs more readily than the adipous substance itself.

1828, W. Lawrence, “Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Erysipelas”, in Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, 14 (2): 15:

(anatomy, archaic) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.


bedroom eyes

What that meant Em wasn't sure, but her deep blue eyes and long lashes were often called bedroom eyes, and drew more than a few compliments.

2014, Rhian Cahill, New Year's Kisses (Novella):

Eyes that have a sexually suggestive expression.


sestrin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that play key roles in regulating aging and metabolism


queueless

Without a queue (line of people or things waiting).


ostiole

(botany) A similar hole or opening in plants, such as the opening of the involuted fig inflorescence through which fig wasps enter to pollinate and breed.


buccally

Banded molars can be rotated, moved buccally and lingually, extruded on one side, and intruded on the other side in ways that are not desired.

2010, Robert N. Staley, Neil T. Reske, Essentials of Orthodontics: Diagnosis and Treatment, →ISBN, page 86:

(dentistry, medicine, referring to force, movement, or both) In the buccal direction; toward the cheek.

(dentistry, medicine) Via buccal administration; via absorption through the mucosa of the cheek.


suspensorium

(anatomy) Anything that suspends or holds up a part, especially the mandibular suspensorium, a series of bones or cartilages connecting the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals


ental

en-adj

ental (comparative more ental, superlative most ental)

more ental (comparative)
most ental (superlative)

Each pleura is seen to be a closed sack, which lines the corresponding side of the thorax to form the ectal or parietal lamina, and is reflected upon the viscera to form the ental or visceral lamina

1881, Burt Green Wilder, A Guide to the Practical Work in Elementary Anatomy Etc.:

(anatomy) Relating to, or situated near, central or inside parts; inner.


buccal cavity

buccal (“of or pertaining to the cheek or mouth”) + cavity (“hollow area”)

(of an animal) The oral cavity, bound by the cheeks of the face, the palate, and the flesh of the mandible, opening onto the mouth and the fauces, and containing the teeth, tongue, gums, and other structures.


Goα

1999. Yu, Bo. "An engineered mutant of G protein α subunit that binds xanthine nucleotide and not guanine nucleotide", Ph.D. thesis, California Institute of Technology.
The Giα family name implies that some of its members can inhibit adenylyl cyclase upon activation, and includes three Giα isoforms, Goα (a predominately neural α subunit, two different splicing variants), […]

(biochemistry, uncountable) a type of GTP-binding protein subunit belonging to the Giα family, expressed primarily in neural cell types


protein kinase

These findings, together with previous evidence that heparin stimulates Tau phosphorylation by protein kinases, have been used to argue that sulfated glycosaminoglycans may be a critical factor in the formation of the neurofibrillary tangles.

2009, Ajit Varki with Hudson H. Freeze, “Glycans in Acquired Human Diseases”, in Varki, A., et al., editor, Essentials of Glycobiology, 2nd edition, CSH Press, →ISBN, retrieved 2009-12-05:

(biochemistry) a kinase whose substrate is a protein


myelin protein zero

(biochemistry) the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath


(biochemistry, uncountable) a protein found in neurons, a component of the exocyst involved in regulating actin polymerization


pattern baldness

A gradual loss of hair, common in humans, especially males.


aquiline nose

She was delicately fair, with an aquiline nose, and a mouth the size of which was forgotten in its white teeth and pleasant smile. She wore a peruke of very fair golden hair; and herein was shown the lurking spirit of female vanity: her own tresses had been very beautiful;...

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 217:


optic chiasm

(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross.


unhair

en-verb

unhair (third-person singular simple present unhairs, present participle unhairing, simple past and past participle unhaired)

unhairs (present singular third-person)
unhairing (participle present)
unhaired (participle past)
unhaired (past)

The sides, after being unhaired, are put in clean water over night, then green-shaved and put in a bate of hen manure four or five days.

1889, Annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry - Volume 4, Parts 1887-1888, page 425:

They found that such a practice produced what was termed a "mellow" lime; the mellower the lime the more rapidly it unhaired the skin.

1924, Tanners' Council of America. Research Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, Reports and Papers, volume 2, page 520:

(transitive) To remove hair from (something), especially from hide.


nerve growth factor

en-noun

nerve growth factor (countable and uncountable, plural nerve growth factors)

They (trypsin-like serine proteases) are also thought to be involved in the processing or activation of other biologically important proteins such as nerve growth factor (NGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) (3–5).

1983, Philip N. Howles, Douglas P. Dickinson, Laura L. DiCaprio, Mary Woodworth-Gutai, Kenneth W Gross, “Use of a cDNA recombinant for the γ-subunit of mouse nerve growth factor to localize members of this multigene family near the TAM-1 locus on chromosome 7.”, in Nucleic Acids Research, 12, no. 6 26 March 1984: 2791:

Nerve growth factor is the prototypical member of the neurotrophin family.

1999 Landreth, Gary E. Growth Factors. In: Siegel, George J.; et al. Basic Neurochemistry. Philadelphia: Lippincott–Raven Publishers; 1999 [cited 18 December 2009]. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bnchm&part=A1358#A1364

(biochemistry) a functional protein complex required for the survival, growth and specialization of certain types of neurons in vertebrates.


glucocorticoid receptor

glucocorticoid receptor (plural glucocorticoid receptors)

The cellular site of binding of dexamethasone by specific glucocorticoid receptors in cultured hepatoma cells was investigated with the use of certain mercurials.

1972, B. B. Levinson, J. D. Baxter, G. G. Rousseau, G. M. Tomkins, “Cellular site of glucocorticoid-receptor complex formation.”, in Science, 175, no. 18 14 January 1972: 189-190:

2009 Zimmer, Carl. "Can Evolution Run in Reverse? A Study Says It’s a One-Way Street," New York Times, 28 September 2009 [cited 18 December 2009], Science section, online edition, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/science/29evol.html.
They studied a protein called a glucocorticoid receptor that helps humans and most other vertebrates cope with stress by grabbing a hormone called cortisol and then switching on stress-defense genes.

(biochemistry) A protein found in multiple forms within cells, which binds glucocorticoids and subsequently influences gene transcription.


depressor supercilii

An eye muscle, usually considered to be part of the orbicularis oculi.


corrugator supercilii

corrugator supercilii (plural corrugatores superciliorum)

Borrowed from New Latin corrūgātor superciliī (“wrinkler of the eyebrow”).

bor

Coordinate term: corrugator cutis ani

(anatomy) A small narrow pyramidal muscle at the medial end of the eyebrow.


iris dilator muscle

en-noun

iris dilator muscle (plural iris dilator muscles)

A muscle of the eye, serving to dilate the iris.


orbicularis oculi

orbicularis oculi (plural orbiculares oculorum)

/ɔːˌbɪk.jʊˈlɑː.ɹɪs ˈɒk.jʊ.lʌɪ/

/ɔɹˌbɪk.jəˌlɛɹ.ɪs ˈɑk.jəˌlaɪ/

Borrowed from New Latin orbiculāris oculī, clipping of mūsculus orbiculāris oculī (“orbicular muscle of the eye”).

clipping

Coordinate term: orbicularis oris

(anatomy) A muscle of the face that encircles the orbit and passes through the eyelids, serving to close the eye.


ciliary muscle

a muscle controlling the eye's accommodation for viewing objects at varying distances


superior oblique

en-noun

superior oblique (plural superior obliques)

Coordinate term: inferior oblique

superior oblique muscle
superior oblique muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of superior oblique muscle..


medial rectus

(anatomy) The broadest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the medial aspect of the sclera.


inferior oblique

inferior oblique (plural inferior obliques)

Coordinate term: superior oblique

inferior oblique muscle
inferior oblique muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of inferior oblique muscle.


lateral rectus

(anatomy) The longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the lateral aspect of the sclera.


occipitofrontal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occipital and frontal bones of the skull.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occipitofrontalis muscle.

occipitofrontale

of or pertaining to the occipitofrontalis muscle


levator palpebrae superioris

levator palpebrae superioris (plural levatores palpebrarum superiorum)

levatores palpebrarum superiorum (plural)

Borrowed from New Latin levātor palpebrae superiōris (“lifter of the superior eyelid”).

bor

(anatomy) A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.


superior rectus

(anatomy) The thinnest and narrowest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the superior aspect of the sclera.


occipitofrontalis

Borrowed from New Latin occipitofrontālis, clipping of mūsculus occipitofrontālis (“occipitofrontal muscle”). Doublet of occipitofrontal.

clipping

epicranial aponeurosis
epicranial aponeurosis

(anatomy) A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.


frontalis

Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, clipping of mūsculus frontālis (“frontal muscle”). Doublet of frontal.

Coordinate term: occipitalis

(anatomy) A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.


inferior rectus

(anatomy) One of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the inferior aspect of the sclera.


occipitalis

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin occipitālis, ellipsis of mūsculus occipitālis (“occipital muscle”). Doublet of occipital.

ellipsis

Coordinate term: frontalis

(anatomy) A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.


phosphohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes an organic phosphate group


hexosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a hexose


auricular muscle

en-noun

auricular muscle (plural auricular muscles)

(anatomy) Alternative form of auricularis.


superior auricular muscle

superior auricular muscle (plural superior auricular muscles)

auricularis superior
auricularis superior#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of auricularis superior.


posterior auricular muscle

posterior auricular muscle (plural posterior auricular muscles)

auricularis posterior
auricularis posterior#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of auricularis posterior.


anterior auricular muscle

anterior auricular muscle (plural anterior auricular muscles)

auricularis anterior
auricularis anterior#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of auricularis anterior.


depressor septi

depressor septi (plural depressores septi)

depressor septi nasi
depressor septi nasi#English

(anatomy) Clipping of depressor septi nasi.


tensor tympani

tensor tympani (plural tensores tympanorum)

Borrowed from New Latin tensor tympanī (“tensor of the tympanum”).

bor

(anatomy) A small muscle of the middle ear that is located in the bony canal just above the bony part of the Eustachian tube, that arises from the canal containing it, from the cartilaginous portion of the Eustachian tube, and from the adjacent greater wing of the sphenoid bone, that is inserted by a long tendon into the manubrium of the malleus near its base, and that serves to adjust the tension of the tympanic membrane.


levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

en-noun

levator labii superioris alaeque nasi (plural levatores labii superioris alarumque nasi)

/lɪˈveɪ.tɚ ˌleɪ.biˌaɪ sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.ɪs əˌliˌkwi ˈneɪˌzaɪ/

Borrowed from New Latin levātor labiī superiōris ālaeque nāsī (“lifter of the upper lip and of the wing of the nose”).

bor

(anatomy) A muscle of the face that arises from the nasal process of the maxilla, that passes downward and laterally, that divides into a part inserting into the alar cartilage and one inserting into the upper lip and that dilates the nostril and elevates the upper lip.

muscolo elevatore del labbro superiore e dell'ala del naso


stapedius

Borrowed from New Latin stapedius, clipping of mūsculus stapedius (“stapedial muscle”). Doublet of stapedial.

clipping

(anatomy) A small muscle of the middle ear that arises from the wall of the tympanum and is inserted into the neck of the stapes by a tendon that sometimes contains a slender spine of bone; it is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes to check and dampen its vibration.


nasalis

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin nāsālis, ellipsis of mūsculus nāsālis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal.

ellipsis

(anatomy) A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.


caninus muscle

muscolo elevatore dell'angolo della bocca


triangularis muscle

en-noun

triangularis muscle (plural triangularis muscles)

A facial muscle of the mouth, associated with frowning.

muscolo depressore dell'angolo della bocca


latissimus dorsi

latissimus dorsi (plural latissimi dorsi)

From Latin lātissimus (“widest, broadest”) (superlative of lātus (“wide, broad”)) + dorsī (genitive of dorsum (“the back”)).

(anatomy) A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.


glandiform

en-adj

glandiform (comparative more glandiform, superlative most glandiform)

more glandiform (comparative)
most glandiform (superlative)

(anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.


glandule

Borrowed from Latin glandula, from glans + -ulus.

(anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel.


nonvertex

(anatomy, chiefly obstetrics) Not of or pertaining to the vertex.


pubococcygeus

(anatomy) A hammocklike muscle, found in both sexes, that stretches from the pubic bone to the coccyx; it controls urine flow and contracts during orgasm.


German goiter

From German + goiter, from the stereotype that Germans drink a lot of beer, and from the similarity of a protruding stomach to a protruding goiter.

Brothers Gribble, Berger, Wolf, Shadwill and the writer are still nursing their “beer muscles.” I mean German goitres.

1939, American Flint, volume 28, page 41:

Any man who likes playing Santa Claus is in much better shape come Christmas if he has a German goiter.

1956 October 8, “Advantages of Being Fat”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 2010-01-03, page 22:

(US Midwest, idiomatic, humorous, now possibly offensive) A protruding stomach, especially one supposed to be indicative of excessive consumption of beer.


beer muscles

Many people, especially after a few beers, grow “beer muscles” and are ready to fight for any reason.

1979 July 14, “Letters: Summing Up Summerfest and Planning Ahead”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 2010-01-03, page 10:

The show has become a come-on for drunks to flex their beer muscles.

1999 June 18, Phil Mushnick, “In-Arena Shows Are Big Turnoff”, in New York Post, page 94:

“Everybody's out partying, people start drinking, old beefs pop up, and people get their beer muscles out and start fighting.”

2009 July 3, Andrew W. Lehren, Christine Hauser, “In New York City, Fewer Murders on Rainy Days”, in New York Times, retrieved 2010-01-03:

(idiomatic) An aggressive attitude resulting from consumption of an alcoholic beverage.


nectin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that have a function in cell-to-cell adhesion


yure

Aw know'd him when his yure stickt out at top ov his hat; and his shurt would ha' hanged eawt beheend, too,--like a Wigan lantron,--iv he'd had a shurt.

1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine:

Her skin wor all a deep blue black, / Her yure, a dark braan red.


PCA

posterior cerebral artery
posterior cerebral artery#English

(anatomy) Initialism of posterior cerebral artery.


tallywhacker

Uncertain. Possibly from tally (“mate, counterpart”), from Middle English taly (“a tally stick”), from Anglo-Norman tallie, Old French taillee, taillie, from Medieval Latin tallia, talia, taillia, from Latin talea (“stick, twig”), or alternatively from tail, + wag, likely influenced by whack, + -er. Compare tallywag, an eighteenth century dialect term meaning “penis”. Attested as tallywhacker or tallywacker since the twentieth century.


HGPRT

en-noun

HGPRT (countable and uncountable, plural HGPRTs)

(biochemistry) Initialism of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase


uncrying

Lots of people had loved her; they came to put flowers near and to say goodbye. They came out of her room with quiet, uncrying eyes, stood a moment by the fire in the studio, looking deep into it, and then they went away.

1944, Emily Carr, “A Visitor”, in The House of All Sorts:

[…] the pair of babies stood up to stare about them with the impassive, uncrying gaze of patriarchs.

1987, Colin Thubron, chapter 3, in Behind the Wall: A Journey through China, London: Vintage, published 2001, page 72:


papulose

en-adj

papulose (comparative more papulose, superlative most papulose)

more papulose (comparative)
most papulose (superlative)

(anatomy, botany) Having papulae; papillose


tentorium

en-noun

tentorium (plural tentoria or tentoriums)

Early 19th century: from Latin tentorium, literally ‘tent’.

Four dogs with intact tentoriums survived 6 weeks and 8 with sectioned tentoriums survived the same period of time.

1961, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, page 345:

(anatomy) The tentorium cerebelli, an extension of the dura mater that separates the cerebellum from the inferior portion of the occipital lobes.


utricle

Borrowed from French utricule or Latin ūtriculus (“a small skin or leathern bottle”), diminutive of ūter (“a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide”). Doublet of utriculus.

bor

(biology) A small cell, sac, or bladder-like protuberance in an animal or plant:

(anatomy) The larger of the two fluid-filled cavities forming part of the membranous labyrinth in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule) and into which the semicircular canals open. It contains hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.

prostatic utricle
prostatic utricle#English

(anatomy) Clipping of prostatic utricle.

(botany) A dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with thin membranous pericarp, similar to an achene and found in the beet and dock plants.


ipsilaterally

Dorsal columns carry mechanoreceptor information ipsilaterally.

(anatomy, medicine) On the same side of the body.


gubernaculum

From Latin gubernāculum (“a helm, rudder”).

A part or structure that serves as a guide:

(dentistry) (more fully gubernaculum dentis) A cord or sheath of connective tissue that connects the sac of an unerupted permanent tooth with the surface of the gum.


pectinesterase

en-noun

pectinesterase (countable and uncountable, plural pectinesterases)

(biochemistry) A ubiquitous cell-wall-associated enzyme that presents several isoforms that facilitate plant cell wall modification and subsequent breakdown, found in all higher plants as well as in some bacteria and fungi


RUB

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins similar to ubiquitin


tenascin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of glycoprotein found in the extracellular matrix of developing vertebrate embryos


thromboplastin

(biochemistry) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood.


luting

luting (countable and uncountable, plural lutings)

(dentistry) The process of cementing or bonding dental restorations, such as crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, and veneers, to the natural tooth structure or dental implant abutments.


lissencephaly

From Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”) + encephal- (“brain”) + -y, from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

lissencefàlia

disorder characterized by the lack of folds and grooves of the brain

(anatomy, neurology) The condition of having a smooth appearance on the surface of the brain.

developmental disability
developmental disability

(medicine) An abnormality of brain development marked by the presence of a smooth cerebral cortex with few or no convolutions; frequently associated with severe developmental disability.


foliage leaf

(botany) An unspecialized leaf, composed of a flat lamina and often a petiole, which is the primary seat of photosynthesis and transpiration in plants that have them.


prophyll

Originally coined by French botanists, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró) and φύλλον (phúllon).

(botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.


chorioretinal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the choroid and the retina


rectoanal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the rectum and anus.


craniocaudal

(anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.


intrarectal

There is an appropriate increase in intrarectal pressure.


puborectal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pubis and the rectum


rectogenital

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the rectum and the genitals.


lateral meristem

en-noun

lateral meristem (plural lateral meristems)

(botany) Meristem forming a cylinder within some plants' organs (primarily stems, branches and roots) and allowing them to increase in girth (lateral growth).


deacetyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups, especially from a lysine residue of a histone


supratentorial

(anatomy) Above the tentorium of the brain.


oculomotor

From oculo- (“relating to the eye”) + motor.

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to movement of the eyeball.

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the oculomotor nerve.


perirenal

Near-synonym: adrenal


aminomethyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an aminomethyl group

aminometyylitransferaasi

any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an aminomethyl group


orofacial

(anatomy) Of or affecting both the mouth and face.


conoid

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uniarticular

(anatomy) Describing a muscle that controls the movement of a single joint


glene

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γλήνη (glḗnē, “eyeball, socket”)

lbor

(anatomy, obsolete) The pupil or eyeball.


GDA

gastroduodenal artery
gastroduodenal artery#English

(anatomy) Initialism of gastroduodenal artery.


alkyllysinase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyses the removal of alkyl (especially methyl) groups from lysine


deiminase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses imines


pulvinoid

(botany) An area of tissue that swells on a permanent basis to reorient a plant part, most often a leaf or leaflet.


phyllary

(botany) An individual bract within an involucre or involucel.


pseudostipule

(botany, usually in the plural) An often modified basal pair of leaflets of a compound leaf appearing very close to the stem.


bracteole

(botany) A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.

plewinka

a bract subtending an inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract

(botany) A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.


stipel

The phaseoloid clade is characterised by some members of all groups having stipels, and desmodioid root nodules which export ureides […]

2000, Patrick S. Herendeen, Anne Bruneau, P. S. Pollard, Advances in Legume Systematics (part 9, page 13)

(botany) A stipule associated with a leaflet rather than a complete leaf.


leaf sheath

(botany) A structure at the base of a leaf's petiole that partly surrounds or protect the stem or another organ that it subtends.


involucel

(botany) An involucre that forms at the base of a flower cluster within a compound inflorescence.


cataphyll

From cata- + -phyll; intended as translation of German Niederblatt, literally, “lower leaf”.

(botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.

catáfilo

a leaf that fulfils protective or storage functions


earlock

A lock of curly hair worn by the ear, often by Jewish men for religious reasons, and formerly by Elizabethan dandies.


chorismic acid

(organic chemistry) The compound (3R,4R)-3-[(1-carboxyvinyl)oxy]-4-hydroxycyclohexa-1,5-diene-1-carboxylic acid, whose anion chorismate is an important biochemical intermediate in plants and microorganisms.


succinyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase enzyme that transfers succinyl groups


ribosylhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of hydrolase enzymes that remove ribose moieties


sortase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of prokaryotic enzymes that form pili through cleavage and isopeptide bonding of precursors


enolase

(biochemistry) A metalloenzyme responsible for the catalysis of phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate during glycolysis


humeroperoneal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the humerus and the fibula.


lactalbumin

en-noun

lactalbumin (countable and uncountable, plural lactalbumins)

(biochemistry) The albumin content of milk.


lactoglobulin

(biochemistry) The globulin content of milk


myogenin

(biochemistry) A protein (and associated gene) responsible for the development of skeletal muscle


syntenin

(biochemistry) A protein that binds the cytoplasmic C-terminal FYA motif of the syndecans


staphylokinase

(biochemistry) A kinase, from Staphylococcus bacteria, that activates plasminogen to form plasmin


myoglobulin

(biochemistry) The globulin of muscle tissue


stromelysin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of metalloproteinases that cleave extracellular matrix proteins.


superventricular

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thyroglobulin

(biochemistry) A globulin, produced by the thyroid gland, that has a role in the production of the thyroid hormones


exopolyphosphatase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of exocellular phosphohydrolases that hydrolyse polyphosphate


molybdoenzyme

In the present investigation evidence is presented indicating that the CO₂ reductase from Cl. pasteurianum most probably is a molybdoenzyme: It is synthesized only in the presence of molybdenum and is inactivated by low concentrations of cyanide, as are other molybdoenzymes.

1973 December 15, “CO₂ reductase from Clostridium pasteurianum: Molybdenum dependence of synthesis and inactivation by cyanide”, in FEBS Letters, volume 38, number 1, page 45:

Many organisms possessed several molybdoenzyme families and several subfamilies within these families. In archaea, as in bacteria, DMSOR was also the most frequently used molybdoenzyme family (>95% of Mo-utilizing organisms).

2016, Valeria Culotta, Metals in Cells, page 26:

While eukaryotes produce only a limited number of enzymes belonging to the sulfite oxidase and xanthine oxidase families (for instance, four molybdoenzymes are present in humans), enzymes of all three families are present in prokaryotes with enzymes of the DMSO reductase family being predominant.

2016, Russ Hille, Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes, page 118:

(biochemistry) Any metalloenzyme in which the active metal is molybdenum.


alveolar ridge

(anatomy) A ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible and contains the alveoli of the teeth.


nucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide to a nucleoside and phosphate


prephenic acid

(organic chemistry) An intermediate in the biosynthesis of the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine


azoreductase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the conversion of diamines to azo compounds


stenodactylin

(biochemistry) A highly toxic ribosome-inactivating protein found in the passionflower Adenia stenodactyla


intrapulmonary

(anatomy) Within the material of the lungs


metallocarboxypeptidase

(biochemistry) Any metalloproteinase exopeptidase


sialidase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of mammalian lysosomal neuraminidases.


NCL

nidopallium caudolaterale
nidopallium caudolaterale#English

(anatomy) Abbreviation of nidopallium caudolaterale.


fucosyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that catalyzes the transfer of fucose sugars


alkaline phosphatase

alkaline phosphatase (plural alkaline phosphatases)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of phosphatases that are most active in an alkaline environment


bloody nose

(US) A nose that is bleeding internally.


fucosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fucoside


hexosaminidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal hexosamine residues in hexosaminides


vampiresque

en-adj

vampiresque (comparative more vampiresque, superlative most vampiresque)

more vampiresque (comparative)
most vampiresque (superlative)

Resembling or characteristic of a vampire.


vampirelike

vampirelike (comparative more vampirelike, superlative most vampirelike)

more vampirelike (comparative)
most vampirelike (superlative)


mirach

From Medieval Latin mirac, mirach, from Arabic مَرَقّ (maraqq, “delicate and sensible part of the venter”), from رَقَّ (raqqa, “to be soft”).

der

Gordonius[…]confirms as much, putting the “matter of melancholy sometimes in the stomach, liver, heart, brain, spleen, myrach, hypochondries, whenas the melancholy humour resides there, or the liver is not well cleansed from melancholy blood.”

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 5, subsection ii:

(medicine, obsolete) The abdominal wall.


calcin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of polypeptides that have an affinity for calcium


cementation

en-noun

cementation (countable and uncountable, plural cementations)

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(dentistry) The use of a cement or adhesive to fasten orthodontics or to restore chipped or broken teeth


schnozz

Likely from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout”) and English snout. Compare schnozzle. A less common theory suggests a variant of nose influenced by schm-, or by general association with Yiddish words. Attested since at least 1940.

[…] you have got J-E-W written right across the middle of that face—look at the shnoz on him, for God’s sakes!

1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, pages 149–150:

There's a TV commercial out now for a nasal spray in which a man in need of a decongestant wakes up to find that his entire head has turned into a giant schnozz.

1993 March 5, Adam Langer, “Sex Lives of Superheroes/Subfertile”, in The Chicago Reader:

One presumes the anesthetic is for the bull, although if I were about to pound a nail through some bull's schnozz I might want some anesthetic myself.

1998 June 26, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in The Chicago Reader:

In another talk, a DinoNose collaborator, Scott Sampson of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, pointed out a number of ridges in the ceratopsian schnozz that probably supported curtains of cartilage; these in turn may have served as scaffolding for layers upon layers of mucous membranes.

1999 November 5, Carl Zimmer, “Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: The Stories Behind the Bones”, in Science, volume 286, number 5442, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 1071–1074:


minicolumn

(neuroanatomy) A vertical column of neurons through the cortical layers of the brain.


extra-amniotic

(anatomy) Between the amnion and endometrium


receptaculum

the receptaculum of the chyle


pectoralis

From Latin pectoralis, "pertaining to the chest or breast".

(anatomy) A pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight


sphincter of Oddi

sphincter of Oddi (plural sphincters of Oddi)

After Ruggero Oddi (1864-1913), Italian physiologist and anatomist.

(anatomy) A muscular valve that controls the flow of digestive juices (bile and pancreatic juice) through the ampulla of Vater into the second part of the duodenum.


supercatalyst

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(chemistry, biochemistry) Any catalyst (especially an enzyme) that catalyzes a large range of reactions


foreskinless

Rabbinic and mystical texts affirm the foreskinless birth of a dozen or so biblical men […]

2006, Eric Kline Silverman, From Abraham to America: a history of Jewish circumcision, page 29:


anteflexion

anteflexion (countable and uncountable, plural anteflexions)

(anatomy) A forward bending or an organ, especially that of the uterus near the cervix

antéflexion

a forward bending or an organ, especially of the uterus


alveary

From Latin alvearium (“beehive”). In the sense of the hollow of the ear, because it is where the wax accumulates. In the sense of a repository: originally the name of a dictionary encompassing several languages, because of the many contributors being like "busy bees".

The effects of the hydriatic treatment upon inflammations of the brain are elimination of the matter of disease, partly through perspiration and eruptions on the head, but more through abnormal secretions from the alvearies or hollows of the ears, and from the nostrils (catarrh); oftentimes these secretions have quite an abnormal color and acridness.

1848, J. H. Rausse, Miscellanies to the Graefenberg Water-cure, page 137:

In otoscopy alveary narrowed due to the omission of his caudineural wall.

2009, Anton L, “Mastoiditis Island”, in United States RX Medication - Men's Health:

(see title)

2012 January, М О Кустов, “Inflammatory diseases of alveary.”, in Russian otorhinolaryngology, volume 1:

I had to look up "alvearium", not a common term. I was pointed toward "alveary", a word with two intriguingly different definitions: first, a beehive, or something resembling a beehive and second, the hollow of the external ear. Apian aspects don't leap out at one here, so I'm going with the latter meaning, thinking of these sounds flowing around my own alvearies.

2013, Antoine Beuger, 24 Petits Préludes pour la Guitare:

In the article the results of researches are presented on the determination of the composition of microflora of the alveary of dogs with the clinical signs of sharp outward otopyosis and the character of clinical-hematological changes of this disease.

2014, D. V. Savchenko, I. A. Gurenko, “Etiology and Clinical-Hematological Description of Bacterial Otitides for Dogs”, in eLibrary:

Outward inflammations of the ear for cats more often flows with hyperemia of alveary – 80.8%, by a sickliness during palpation of base of the ear – 74.4% and accompanied by the selection of to the exsudate - 70.2%.

2017, V Samoylyuk, V Volokonska, “Efficiency of Meatotympanal Novocaine Blockage in the System of Holiatry Festering Inflammation of Outward Ear for Cats”, in Theoretical and Applied Veternary Medicine:

(anatomy) The hollow of the external ear.


barnase

barnase (countable and uncountable, plural barnases)

(biochemistry) A small protein, produced by the bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and others, that has ribonuclease activity


beef curtains

Due to the alleged resemblance of a woman's genitals to a pair of curtains, and their being made of flesh.


Türck's column

After Ludwig Türck (1810-1868), Austrian neurologist.

anterior corticospinal tract
anterior corticospinal tract

(anatomy, dated) The anterior corticospinal tract.


aurification

Any of several processes, especially in dentistry, that involve working with gold.


acromion

From Ancient Greek ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion), variant of ἀκρωμία (akrōmía, “acromion”). Compare -ion, especially in acropodion.

"The ball struck the fore part of HIS LORDSHIP'S epaulette; and entered the left shoulder immediately before the processus acromion scapulae, which it slightly fractured.

1807, William Beatty, The Death of Lord Nelson:

The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.

1904, Alexis Thomson, Alexander Miles, Manual of Surgery:

Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.

1998 November 13, Paul C. Sereno et al., “A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids”, in Science, volume 282, number 5392, →DOI, pages 1298–1302:

The preserved portions of the scapula are sufficient to determine that the acromion projected well beyond the glenoid and that the axillary margin was longer than the vertebral.

1999 August 27, Steve Ward et al., “Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya”, in Science, volume 285, number 5432, →DOI, pages 1382–1386:

The clavicle is a small flat bone like that of a dog (1), here preserved near the coracoid processes lying parallel to and slightly behind the acromion.

(anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.


biarticular

(anatomy) Affecting, or connecting two joints


biparietal

(anatomy) Between the two parietal bones.


biplanar

(anatomy, of the foot) Both frontal and sagittal


calcaneal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the calcaneus (heel bone).


digastric

Borrowing from New Latin digastricus, from di- (“twice, doubly”) + gastricus (“gastric”); equivalent to di- + gastric. Doublet of digastricus.

af

the digastric muscle of the lower jaw

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or being a digastric muscle.


digastric

digastric muscle
digastric muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of digastric muscle..


vitta

(botany) An oil tube in the fruit of some plants.


capillaceous

en-adj

capillaceous (comparative more capillaceous, superlative most capillaceous)

more capillaceous (comparative)
most capillaceous (superlative)


toupée

(hyperforeign) Alternative spelling of toupee.


capsuliferous

capsuliferous (comparative more capsuliferous, superlative most capsuliferous)

more capsuliferous (comparative)
most capsuliferous (superlative)


walking carpet

/ˈwɔːkɪŋ ˈkɑːpɪt/

/ˈwɔkɪŋ ˈkɑɹpɪt/

From a scene in the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977), in which Princess Leia insults Chewbacca, a member of a race of hairy bipeds called Wookiees, by referring to him as a “walking carpet”.

“Really.” Mac arched a thick eyebrow. “You didn't say anything about my body hair when we were going out together.” / Peter kept his eyes on the espresso and away from Mac's hairy wrist. “You're not like...that guy. You're not a walking carpet. And my God, you've got muscle definition.”

2003, Jonathan Cohen, chapter 2, in Bear Like Me: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Southern Tier Editions/Harrington Park Press, →ISBN; republished Maple Shade, N.J.: Bare Bones Books, Lethe Press, 2011, →ISBN, page 18:

But then my true hair problems began. […] It was all the other hairs rearing their ugly heads—between my eyebrows, above my upper lip, around my jawline, down my neck, around my new breasts, down my front to my navel, over my arms and knuckles, right down my legs to my toes. I didn't recall ever seeing a woman shaving her face and "taking it all off' on that Noxema commercial. None of the other girls at school appeared to be walking carpets.

2003, Bhargavi C. Mandava, “To Apu, with Love”, in Ophira Edut, editor, Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image, 2nd expanded and updated edition, Emeryville, Calif.: Seal Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2018-12-13, page 72:

I had *some* chest hairs, but it wasn't nearly as much as some guys I've seen (there were a couple of guys I saw in the locker room at school, both seniors, who were practically walking carpets).

2011 August 7, Rightardia [username], “Transgender Stories – Troy! – Chapter 1”, in alt.politics (Usenet), message-ID <j1ksqd$fjv$1@speranza.aioe.org>:

(slang, derogatory or humorous) An exceptionally hairy person.

Ballantine Books
Chewbacca
Princess Leia


cervicovesical

(anatomy) Pertaining to the cervix and the bladder


cervicoscapular

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or joining the neck and the shoulder bone


cuneonavicular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cuneiform bones and the navicular.

cuneonavicular

of or pertaining to the cuneiform bones and the navicular


exoccipital

(anatomy) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foramen of the skull.


midface

(anatomy) The middle portion of the face.


claustral

claustral (comparative more claustral, superlative most claustral)

more claustral (comparative)
most claustral (superlative)

Based on Latin claustrum (“cloister”). Doublet of cloistral.

(anatomy) Relating to the claustrum of the brain.


lactard

Our 'lactard' designer hopes innocent will make some soya options so she can also enjoy a breakfast thickie.

2007, The Other Side, Issue 5, 5 April 2007, page 10 (advertisement)

He also welcomes “glutards and lactards.”

2012 November 28, Andy Rhodes, “Wolf it down at Wolf's Catering and BBQ”, in The Valley Voice, volume 21, number 24, page 18:

As a “lactard,” I feel the pain of having a restricted diet. Yet there is hope in my life, because I can eat bread.

2015, Ivy Davis, "'Glutards' rejoice at Liberated Bakery", The Advocate (Mt. Hood Community College), Volume 50, Issue 18, 20 February 2015, page 4

(slang, rare) A lactose intolerant person.


ringleted

ringleted (comparative more ringleted, superlative most ringleted)

more ringleted (comparative)
most ringleted (superlative)

As for the mob cap, not a fig did I care for it; but, to be taken for anything but a cavalier, by the ringleted one, was absolutely unendurable.

1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:

The picture of a blanched and ringleted Boy George on the cover had been taken by Russell.

2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 4, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:


neuroarchitecture

en-noun

neuroarchitecture (countable and uncountable, plural neuroarchitectures)

(anatomy) The structure of systems of neurons and their interconnection


glome

Borrowed from Latin glomus (“a ball”). Compare globe.

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(anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.


sternocleidomastoid muscle

sternocleidomastoid muscle (plural sternocleidomastoid muscles)

(anatomy) A long thick superficial muscles on each side of the anterior neck which arises by one head from the first segment of the sternum and by a second from the inner part of the clavicle, that inserts into the mastoid process of the temporal bone and that acts especially to bend, flex, rotate and extend the head.


coarticulate

en-verb

coarticulate (third-person singular simple present coarticulates, present participle coarticulating, simple past and past participle coarticulated)

coarticulates (present singular third-person)
coarticulating (participle present)
coarticulated (participle past)
coarticulated (past)

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(anatomy) To unite to form an articulation (joint)


osteoderm

(anatomy) A bony deposit in the dermal layers of the skin


trochlear

(anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.

滑車的 /滑车的

shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea

(neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochlear nerve.


trochlear

The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.

1949, Herbert Eugene Walter, Leonard Perkins Sayles, Biology of the Vertebrates: A Comparative Study of Man and His Animal Allies, page 741:

At 90° of flexion, the patella enters the condylar fossa, where the contact areas are on both the lateral and medial trochlears of the femur.

2014, Joanne K. Singleton, Robert V. DiGregorio, Carol Green-Hernandez, Primary Care, Second Edition: An Interprofessional Perspective, →ISBN, page 593:

Using three-dimensional printing, they replaced the native trochlear in four cadaveric knees with dysplastic trochlears and then subjected them to squat simulation, open chain extension, and a patella stability test.

2017, W. Norman Scott, Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee, 6th edition, →ISBN, page 917:

(anatomy, neuroanatomy) A trochlear muscle or nerve.


hindmilk

en-noun

hindmilk (usually uncountable, plural hindmilks)

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The milk secreted during the later part of breastfeeding, typically high in fat and low in protein.


foremilk

foremilk (countable and uncountable, plural foremilks)

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The first milk drawn from a cow during milking; in humans, the milk secreted initially during breastfeeding, typically low in fat and rich in protein.


fuzzy-wuzzy

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Adjective: Reduplication of fuzzy. Noun: From the adjective, in reference to their fuzzy hair texture.

(Australia, World War II) A Papuan, especially one who assisted the Australian military against the Japanese; a Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel.


mooey

From Angloromani mui, from Sanskrit मुख (mukha, “mouth, face”). Compare Swedish knoparmoj.

Now, one day, right, he's staggering across the pub pissed from the night before. He's gone over, crunch, right on his mooey, like a fucking ironing board.

1997, Gary Oldman, Nil by Mouth, screenplay


mooey

Pan was curious about the silver pot that the female homer cradled against her round mooey breasts as if it were a babe […]

(nonce word, slang) "Moo"-like; reminiscent of a cow.


bistratose

The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings[…]; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts[…]

1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:

(anatomy, botany) Composed of two cell layers.


cubitus

Borrowed from Latin cubitus. Doublet of cubit.

(anatomy) The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.

(anatomy) The forearm; the arm from the elbow to fingertip, or the corresponding portion of a jointed limb of an animal that uses the limb for locomotion or grasping.


emulsin

(dated, biochemistry) A mixture of enzymes, extracted from bitter almonds, once used to hydrolyze glucosides.


lenticel

From French lenticelle, from Latin lens.

One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.


tarsometatarsus

(zoology) The large bone in the leg of a bird, or some bird-like dinosaurs, connected to the foot, homologous to the mammalian tarsus and metatarsus.


leaf insertion

The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.

(botany) In liverworts, the angle and orientation of the plane of the leaves with respect to the axis of the stem.


somatic nervous system

somatic nervous system (plural somatic nervous systems)

peripheral nervous system
peripheral nervous system

central nervous system
central nervous system

(anatomy, neurology) The part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles, and from receptors of external stimuli, thereby mediating sight, hearing and touch.

σωματικό νευρικό σύστημα

part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from central nervous system to skeletal muscles


ossicone

From Latin os (“bone”) and Middle French cone, from Latin cōnus (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”).

uder

The Kanapoi Sivatherium has two pairs of ossicones, above the eye and between the ears, and neither is diminutive.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 27:

Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.


margo

Learned borrowing from Latin margō. Doublet of marge and margin.

The colpi are bordered by prominent margos or lips. Тhe margo is separated from the remainder of the heavily sculptured surface by a narrow channel.

1969, Geological Survey Professional Paper, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 49:


calcaneum

en-noun

calcaneum (plural calcaneums or calcanea)


triceps surae

From the fact that the medial and lateral heads of the gastrocnemius along with the soleus muscle together share a common insertion at the calcaneous, creating a group of three heads (triceps) on the posterior lower leg (sural).

(anatomy) The combination of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.


perigonium

(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.


AMI

(anatomy) Initialism of agonist-antagonist myoneural interface.


anticaries

(dentistry) Preventing or countering caries.


presphenoid

(anatomy) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone


presphenoid

(anatomy) The anterior part of the sphenoid bone (a separate bone before being fused)


pannicle

From Middle French pannicle, and its source, Late Latin panniculus (“membrane”), from Latin panniculus (“small rag”), from pannus (“cloth”).

(anatomy, zoology) A membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.


axillary hair

axillary hair (usually uncountable, plural axillary hairs)

axillary (“adjacent or pertaining to the armpit, axilla, or shoulder”) + hair

(uncountable) Androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.


tonsor

From Latin tōnsor (“barber, hairdresser”), from the supine root of tondēre (“to shave, to shear”) + -or (“-or: forming agent nouns”).

“So, tonsor,” says Jones, “I find you have more trades than one; how came you not to inform me of this last night?”

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

He was speedily shown the way to such an emporium of intelligence, and soon found he was likely to hear all he desired to know, and much more, while his head was subjected to the art of a nimble tonsor.

1822, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 27, in The Fortunes of Nigel:


coronal plane

(anatomy) Any vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior (belly and back) sections.


axial plane

(anatomy) Any plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts, roughly perpendicular to spine.


transverse plane

transverse plane (plural transverse planes)

transversaalitaso

anatomy: plane that divides the body into upper and lower parts


come aloft

en-verb

come aloft (third-person singular simple present comes aloft, present participle coming aloft, simple past came aloft, past participle come aloft)

comes aloft (present singular third-person)
coming aloft (participle present)
came aloft (past)
come aloft (participle past)

his louely wife emongst them lay, / Embraced of a Satyre rough and rude, / Who all the night did minde his ioyous play: / Nine times he heard him come aloft ere day, / That all his hart with gealosie did swell; / But yet that nights ensample did bewray, / That not for nought his wife them loued so well, / When one so oft a night did ring his matins bell.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Fowler: I must kiss her:–(kisses her) – thou hast a down lip, and dost twang it handsomely; now to the business.
Penelope: This is not all I look for.
Fowler (aside): She will not tempt me to come aloft, will she?

1633, James Shirley, The Witty Fair One, IV.iv:

(obsolete, slang) To mount sexually; to have an erection.


vajazzle

[vəˈd͡ʒæzl̩]

YOU have to feel for OLLY MURS – ladies keep trying to show him their vajazzles.

2010 November 2, “Olly is dazzled by girl fans”, in The Sun, UK:

TELLY beauty Billie Faiers has suggested Victoria Beckham get a vajazzle to perk up her sex life.

2011 September 27, Dan Menhinnet, “Billie Faiers: Posh Spice should get vajazzled”, in The Sun, UK:

A vajazzle from a beautician can cost anywhere between £20 and £100, but pound stores started stocking the accessory earlier this month.

2011 December 22, “The TOWIE effect hits pound stores as sales of £1 vajazzles soar”, in The Sun, UK:

(slang) A cosmetic treatment in which jewels are placed on a woman's vulva and/or pubic area.


axillary vein

(anatomy) A large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb toward the heart.


appendiceal

By surface analysis, appendix + -al; formed in a way that reflects the appendic- of the Latin declension's inflections, reflecting the fact that English got appendix from New Latin.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the appendix.


dilaceration

en-noun

dilaceration (countable and uncountable, plural dilacerations)

(dentistry) An angular distortion affecting a tooth.


mannokinase

(biochemistry) A kinase, ATP:D-mannose 6-phosphotransferase


dickhole

(slang, vulgar, derogatory, synecdochically) A contemptible person.


chitinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.


arabinofuranosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an arabinofuranoside

arabinofuranosidase

any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an arabinofuranoside


juxtaglomerular

(anatomy) Near, or adjoining a renal glomerulus.


mannanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of mannans


gastroduodenal

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the stomach and the duodenum


transglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a sugar moiety between different glycosides


xylosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a xyloside.


diaphorase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds


somatomotor

(anatomy) Relating to the region of the brain responsible for such movements


piloerection

piloerection (countable and uncountable, plural piloerections)


thropple

A greater quantitie of victuall is carried from Zeila, [...] and beastes also, as namely sheepe, [...] as also certaine other all white with tayles a fathome long, and writhen like a vine branche, hauing thropples vnder their throtes like bulles.

[1600, Al-Hassan ibn-Mohammed al-Wezaz al-Fasi [i.e., Leo Africanus], “A Briefe Relation Concerning the Dominions, Reuenues, Forces, and Maner of Gouernment of Sundry the Greatest Princes either Inhabiting within the Bounds of Africa, or at least Possessing Some Parts thereof, Translated, for the Most Part, out of Italian”, in John Pory, transl., edited by Robert Brown, The History and Description of Africa and of the Notable Things therein Contained, […] (Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society; no. XCIV), volume III, London: […] Hakluyt Society, […], published 1896, →OCLC, page 982:

Luok, leyke mad bulls they bang about, / Wi' shouts their thropples rivan, / Wheyle whup for smack the rabble rout, / Are yen owr tother drivan; [...]

[1807, John Stagg, “Rosley Fair”, in Miscellaneous Poems, Some of which are in the Cumberland and Scottish Dialects, Wigton, Cumberland: […] R. Hetherton, →OCLC, page 141:

The morse [i.e., walrus] is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...] Nevertheless, the immense size of its larynx or thropple, which William dissected out and brought with him to England, seems to indicate vast powers of voice in his animal; [...]

1829, [Robert Pearse Gillies], “The Voyage. (Continued.)”, in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean. […] (Second Series), volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66:

In the sentiment of the following lines on "A pipe of Tobacco" by John Usher, all lovers of the plant will heartily join: "Let the toper regale in his tankard of ale, / Or with alcohol moisten his thropple, / Only give me I pray, a good pipe of soft clay, / Nicely tapered, and thin in the stopple; / And I shall puff, puff, let who will say enough, / No luxury else I'm in lack o', / No malice I hoard, 'gainst Queen, Prince, Duke or Lord, / While I pull at my pipe of Tobacco. [..."]

1875, E. R. Billings, “Pipes and Smokers. (Continued.)”, in Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce, […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 178:

There is one type of neck which so constantly results in roaring that it is known in Yorkshire as a "roarer's neck," and sooner or later the horse which is so shaped is almost certain to fall a victim to the complaint. The neck in question is a strong thick one, with the head carried high, but there is a peculiar outward curve in front, somewhat resembling that of a fallow deer, with an unusually thick thropple, the formation of which, no doubt, sustains a constant strain on the nerve, which eventually fails in consequence.

1911, R[ichard] F[rederick] Meysey-Thompson, “Simple Ailments”, in The Horse: Its Origin and Development Combined with Stable Practice, London: Edward Arnold, →OCLC, page 289:

'He'll do nowt o' the sort,' I answered; 'and he wi' a hoast in his thropple like a badly cow. I sudn't be surprised if he were dead by Chrissamas.'

a. 1919, F[rederic] W[illiam] Moorman, “Tales of a Grandmother: I. The Tree of Knowledge”, in More Tales of the Ridings, London: Elkin Mathews, […], published 1920, →OCLC; republished as More Tales of the Ridings (EBook #18260), [United States]: Project Gutenberg, 2006 May 4, archived from the original on 2016-11-04:

(chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Alternative spelling of thrapple


thropple

en-verb

thropple (third-person singular simple present thropples, present participle throppling, simple past and past participle throppled)

thropples (present singular third-person)
throppling (participle present)
throppled (participle past)
throppled (past)

"They throppled t' ane t' other;" took each other by the throat.

1868, J[ohn] C[hristopher] Atkinson, “Thropple”, in A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical, London: John Russell Smith, […], →OCLC, page 531:

And oft we fratched and fret about, and throppled udder sair, / Upon the whol' the fell hes meade mischief for ivver mair, [...]

1875 December 9, Miss Powley, “Art. XXXI.—Past and Present among the Northern Fells. No. II.”, in Richard S[aul] Ferguson, editor, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian & Archæological Society, volume II, Kendal, Westmorland: […] T. Wilson, published 1876, →OCLC, page 370:

(transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) Alternative spelling of thrapple


teabagger

[…]and for the great Parnelli Jones, and in the process telling off Colin Chapman-all superior upper-class teabagger manners and treachery

1999, Joe Scalzo, Indianapolis Roadsters, page 41:

(dated, derogatory) An upper-class participant in motor racing.

(slang, vulgar) A person who practices teabagging, i.e., the sexual act of inserting the scrotum into someone's mouth.

(neologism, often derogatory) An affiliate of the Tea Party movement, or a supporter of its protests and/or ideology.


microcephalin

(genetics, biochemistry) A protein and associated gene responsible for microcephaly.


cleidocranial

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the clavicle and the cranium.


immunoadhesin

The study builds on previous research which has shown that immunoadhesins can prevent HIV from spreading to new cells and can also kill infected cells while leaving healthy cells alone..

1990 April 28, Kelly Gaines, “New Drug Fights Perinatal HIV Infection”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

(immunology, biochemistry) Any of a family of recombinant fusion proteins


adenylyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of adenylyl groups


meromyosin

(biochemistry) Either of the two subunits of myosin that are formed by the action of trypsin


cefotaximase

(biochemistry) A penicillinase specific to cefotaxime


cecropin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of antimicrobial peptides that lyse bacterial cell membranes


chymase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells


cochaperone

(biochemistry) Any protein that regulates the activity of a chaperone.


dimethyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of two methyl groups


fixator

(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint


supragingival

(anatomy, dentistry, prosthodontics) Above the gumline (gingival margin).


laryngopharyngeal

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to or connecting the larynx and the pharynx


stratum corneum

From Latin strātum ("blanket, bedspread") + corne∙us -a -um ("made of horn; horn-like"), from corn∙ū -ūs ("horn") + -eus.

The outermost surface of the epidermis, called the stratum corneum, is made up entirely of dead cells.

2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 4:

(anatomy) The outer layer of the epidermis, composed of dead cells that continually flake away.


post-oral

en-adj

post-oral (comparative more post-oral, superlative most post-oral)

more post-oral (comparative)
most post-oral (superlative)

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of postoral


pre-oral

pre-oral (comparative more pre-oral, superlative most pre-oral)

more pre-oral (comparative)
most pre-oral (superlative)

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of preoral


intrasynovial

(anatomy) Within the synovial sac of a joint, or the synovial sheath of a tendon


cowmilk

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From Middle English cowmylke; equivalent to cow + milk.


postfrontal

(anatomy) A bone located behind the frontal bone.


hephaestin

From Hephaestus + -in, after the god of metalworking.

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of iron(II) state, Fe²⁺ to iron(III) state, Fe³⁺.


goat milk

en-noun

goat milk (countable and uncountable, plural goat milks)

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From Middle English gayte mylke, goot mylk, gote milke, from Old English gāte meolc; equivalent to goat + milk.

(now chiefly US) Alternative form of goat's milk.


insulinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that inactivates insulin


intactivist

pro-circer

antonym(s) of “one opposed to male circumcision”

Intactivists argue that the bodies of male babies should remain physically intact, and they consider circumcision to be genital mutilation.

2022, Samah Choudhury, Michael J. Altman, Prea Persaud, editors, American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, volume 2, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 173:

A person who is involved in intactivism; one who campaigns against involuntary, nontherapeutic genital modification, such as infant male circumcision.


meat puppet

This takes on serious implications if the meat puppet itself can be spammed — personality could be erased, augmented, juxtaposed, stolen or hidden behind — and presumably there would be attempts to make such activities illegal.

1998, Neil Spiller, Digital Dreams: Architecture and the New Alchemic Technologies, page 69:

He, too, was a meat puppet. Unable to make any decision without imagined repercussions from above, he chose to make none and instead passed his decision onto the next guy up the food chain.

1998, Luke Sullivan, "Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This": A Guide to Creating Great Ads, page 164:

He much preferred direct control, Caliban as meat puppet who would do his bidding unquestioned .

2002, Robert Devereaux, Caliban and Other Tales, page 190:

One of many unfortunate side effects of his years as a meat-puppet soldier, being thrown into whatever corporate war needed warm bodies instead of tactical nukes […]

A person who mindlessly follows the commands of others.


adipo-

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary

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

(anatomy, medicine, usually) fat, as fat tissue or fat cells.

(anatomy, medicine) fat, as a form of lipid, either contained in such tissue, free/unbound, or carried in circulation by lipoproteins.


ameloblastin

(biochemistry) A protein, formed in the ameloblasts, that is found in the enamel of teeth


amelotin

(biochemistry) A protein secreted by ameloblasts during tooth development


apocytochrome

(biochemistry) Any form of a cytochrome that is lacking the heme unit

apocitocromo

any form of a cytochrome that is lacking the heme unit


fascia adherens

(anatomy) An intercellular junction that transmits contractile forces in cardiac muscles


apomyoglobin

(biochemistry) A form of myoglobin that lacks a heme unit

apomioglobina

a form of myoglobin that lacks a heme unit


haustrum

(anatomy) Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.


caveolin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins associated with caveolae membranes


colipase

colipase (countable and uncountable, plural colipases)

(biochemistry) A protein coenzyme secreted by the pancreas


enamelysin

(biochemistry) A matrix metalloproteinase that is associated with the formation of dental enamel


enamelin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins associated with the formation of dental enamel.


glutaredoxin

glutaredoxin (usually uncountable, plural glutaredoxins)

(biochemistry) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.


homeoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that has a homeodomain.


lysophospholipase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic removal of a fatty acid from a lysophospholipid


ectomesenchyme

(anatomy) A form of mesenchyme, in the embryo, consisting of neural crest cells; forms the tissues of the neck and cranium


conglutin

(biochemistry) A form of legumin found in almonds, lupins, rye etc.


nucleolin

nucleolin (countable and uncountable, plural nucleolins)

(biochemistry) A eukaryotic nucleolar phosphoprotein that is involved in the synthesis and maturation of ribosomes.


ectoprotein

(biochemistry) Any extracellular protein


microribonucleoprotein

(biochemistry) Any very small ribonucleoprotein


caveolar

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the caveolae.


epoxyeicosatrienoic acid

epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (plural epoxyeicosatrienoic acids)

(organic chemistry) Any epoxy derivative of eicosatrienoic acid, most of which have biochemical activity


neointima

neointima (plural neointimas or neointimae)

(anatomy) A new layer of arterial intima, especially that formed on a prosthesis


collapsin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of glycoproteins that inhibit regeneration of mature neurones


periadventitial

We have made diagnoses of medulloblastomas, astrocytomas, glioblastomatous or sarcomatous tumors, periadventitial and meningeal sarcomatoses, meningiomas, and a chromophobe adenoma.

2013, Klaus Joachim Zülch, Brain Tumors: Their Biology and Pathology, page 53:


adventitial

en-adj

adventitial (comparative more adventitial, superlative most adventitial)

more adventitial (comparative)
most adventitial (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adventitia


synectin

(biochemistry) A cytoplasmic domain-binding protein that inhibits cell migration


caldendrin

(biochemistry) A particular calcium-binding protein


frataxin

(biochemistry) A class of protein found in mitochondria.


myofibrillar

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to myofibrils.


lady garden

Talking of Pussy Galore, have people seen the pics of Britney Spears showing her lady garden?

2006, CheggersPop, “A Girl's Guide to Sex in the 21st Century!”, in uk.media.tv.misc (Usenet):

That way, when I dropped my towel, my lady garden would only be exposed for a nanosecond before it disappeared under the steamy waters of the pool...

2007, Sarah Nilsen, Does This Book Make My Butt Look Big?: And Who Cares Anyway, It's My Butt:

(slang, idiomatic) A woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.

For a western woman’s entire life, from her first menstrual period to her death, her ‘la la’ is a moneymaking machine for the big businesses who want to cultivate her ‘lady garden’.

2013, Emma Rees, The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History, New York: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 27:


optineurin

(biochemistry) A protein that is associated with glaucoma


ketoreductase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a ketone


perimembranous

(anatomy) Forming a surrounding membrane


paraplegin

(biochemistry) A metalloprotease associated with paraplegia


mesangium

(anatomy) A thin layer of the glomerulus, within the basement membrane surrounding the glomerular capillaries.


amylin

(biochemistry) A pancreatic polypeptide hormone that is secreted with insulin by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans, that is a major component of the amyloid deposits found outside beta cells in those affected with type 2 diabetes, and that inhibits the glucose synthesis stimulated by insulin in skeletal muscles.


ARSE

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of arylsulfatase E, an enzyme, deficiencies in which are associated with abnormalities in cartilage and bone development.


zona reticularis

(anatomy) The innermost layer of the adrenal cortex, responsible for the production of precursor androgens including dehydroepiandrosterone and androstenedione from cholesterol.


arylsulfatase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of sulfatase enzymes.


interdigital

In a review of over 1000 interdigital clavuses, 65% were found in the fourth interspace […]

1988, Shepard R. Hurwitz, Foot and ankle pain, page 331:


abducens

Although the abducens runs in a fissure along the so-often fractured petrous bone, a rupture of the nerve-trunk has never been noticed in autopsies save once:[…]

1895, Frederic Shepard Dennis, editor, System of Surgery, volume 2, page 672:

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles

Oxford University Press
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paraoxonase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that act as antioxidants


hydrolipid

(anatomy) An emulsion of fat and water, a film of which normally covers the skin


hairpulling

Shirley, a 42-year-old married homemaker, presented for evaluation of compulsive hairpulling.

2006, Nancy C. Andreasen, Donald W. Black, Introductory textbook of psychiatry:

The pulling of one's own or another's hair.


subareolar

subareolar (comparative more subareolar, superlative most subareolar)

more subareolar (comparative)
most subareolar (superlative)


I lost my glasses

Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her glasses.

我唔見咗我副眼鏡 /我唔见咗我副眼镜

ngo⁵ m⁴ gin³ zo² ngo⁵ fu³ ngaan⁵ geng³⁻²

我兮目鏡拍無去 /我兮目镜拍无去

góa ê ba̍k-kiàⁿ phah-bô--khì / góa ê ba̍k-kiàⁿ phah-bô--khìr

我兮目鏡拍毋見 /我兮目镜拍毋见

góa ê ba̍k-kiàⁿ phah-m̄-kìⁿ / góa ê ba̍k-kiàⁿ phàng-kìⁿ / góa ê ba̍k-kiàⁿ phàng-kiàn


typhl-

From the Ancient Greek τῠφλόν (tŭphlón, “cæcum”, “blind gut”), the neuter form of τῠφλός (tŭphlós, “blind”), whence typhl-¹.

uder

perityphlitic

perityphlitis (medicine, chiefly historical) →


ramal

Between the ramal walls above this the bone is longitudinally scooped out to the upper termination of the symphysis.

1890, R.W. Shufeldt, “Osteophysiology of Arctic and Subarctic Water-Birds”, in Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 24, page 98:

(anatomy, dated) Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branching


neopenis

Coordinate term: neovagina

The neopenis can only become erect by inserting stiff material into it or by having plastic tubes implanted into the groin, so that pressing a bulb will cause the penis to hydraulically inflate with fluid and erect.

1994, Gordene Olga MacKenzie, Transgender nation:

Although many of the phalloplasty techniques may achieve closely the goals of a neopenis with normal urination, none of them are perfect, and therefore none have achieved universal acceptance.

2015, Vincenzo Mirone, Clinical Uro-Andrology, page 39:

sex reassignment surgery
sex reassignment surgery

A surgically constructed penis, as of a transgender man who has undergone sex reassignment surgery, or a cisgender man who lacked a penis due to a congenital defect, illness, or injury.


antirepressor

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that blocks or inactivates a repressor


bromoperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, catalyzes the bromination of a hydrocarbon


esophagogastroduodenal

(anatomy) Relating to the esophagus, stomach and duodenum


iodoperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, catalyzes the iodination of a hydrocarbon.


glout

en-verb

glout (third-person singular simple present glouts, present participle glouting, simple past and past participle glouted)

glouts (present singular third-person)
glouting (participle present)
glouted (participle past)
glouted (past)

"Mehalah!" called Mrs. Sharland. "I will not have you glouting in there any longer. Come out."

1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes:

(obsolete) To sulk; to be sulky; to pout.

... namely that whosoever attempteth any thing for the publike (specially if it pertaine to Religion, and to the opening and clearing of the word of God) the same setteth himselfe upon a stage to be glouted upon by every evil eye, yea, he casteth himselfe headlong upon pikes, to be gored by every sharpe tongue.

1769, The King James Bible - Oxford Standard Text, published 1611, Preface:

(obsolete) To stare; to stare gloatingly.


rhytidome

en-noun

rhytidome (usually uncountable, plural rhytidomes)

From Ancient Greek ῥυτίδωμα (rhutídōma, “wrinkle”), from ῥυτιδόω (rhutidóō, “to wrinkle”), from ῥυτίς (rhutís, “wrinkle”).

der

(botany) The dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to that of the last formed periderm http://i.word.com/idictionary/rhytidome.


perforant

(anatomy) Describing a connective route from the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampus.


piriformis

/ˌpɪ.ɹɪˈfɔː.mɪs/

/ˌpɪɹ.əˈfɔɹ.mɪs/

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin pirifōrmis, ellipsis of mūsculus pirifōrmis (“pear-shaped muscle”). Doublet of piriform.

ellipsis

sacrotuberous ligament
sacrotuberous ligament

greater sciatic foramen
greater sciatic foramen

(anatomy, zootomy) A gluteal muscle which arises from the front of the sacrum and the ischium or sacrotuberous ligament, passes out of the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, and inserts into the greater trochanter of the femur, serving in humans to rotate the thigh laterally.


abhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of hydrolases having an alpha/beta hydrolase fold


ptyalin

en-noun

ptyalin (usually uncountable, plural ptyalins)

From Ancient Greek πτύαλον (ptúalon, “saliva”).

der

(biochemistry) A form of amylase found in saliva that breaks down starch into maltose and dextrin.


diarthrosis

(anatomy) A joint that can move freely in various planes

diartrosi

a joint that can move freely in various planes


paristhmic

(anatomy, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsillar.


gastrosplenic

(anatomy, pathology) Of or pertaining to the stomach and the spleen.

gastroesplénico

of or pertaining to the stomach and the spleen


neurokeratin

(biochemistry) The protein component of the myelin sheath.


perididymis

(anatomy) A fibrous membrane surrounding most of the testis


ectad

From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “out of”) + -ad.

Insertion was ectad of the rectus almost to the midventral line.

1878, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, page 57:

This is the cephalic and ventral ramus of the common trunk; it is ectad of the carotid artery and the facial vein, entad of the submaxillary gland, and upon the ectal surface of the masseter muscle.

1886 November 5, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, volume 24:

Its cranial border is thickened and somewhat curled around the anterior fifth of the ilium and distad lies in the groove between the gluteus medius and the iliacus, continuing ectad of the proximal end of the vastus externus the cranial border of the biceps femoris to which it has a short semitendinous attachment distad and ectad of its insertion on the great trochanter.

1921, Wilfred H. Osgood, A monographic study of the American marsupial, Cænolestes, page 36:


hydatoid

From hydato- + -oid.
Hydat- is the stem of Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).


bromelein

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme found in pineapples


abdominocystic

* abdomino- (“abdomen”) + cystic (“bladder”)

prefix

(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.


abdominogenital

(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.


scalenus

(anatomy) Alternative form of scalene muscle.


temporalis

Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis (“of or belonging to the temples of the head”), ellipsis of mūsculus temporālis (“the temporal muscle”). Doublet of temporal.

ellipsis

(anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.


chinless

Having a weak or indecisive character; ineffectual or dim-witted.


adrenodoxin

en-noun

adrenodoxin (countable and uncountable, plural adrenodoxins)

(biochemistry) A ferredoxin present in mitochondria of the adrenal cortex.


abdominoscrotal

(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the scrotum.


autotaxin

lysophosphatidic acid
lysophosphatidic acid

(biochemistry) An ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase that catalyzes the conversion of lysophosphatidylcholine into lysophosphatidic acid


ectoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme found outside of (or on the outer surface of) a cell


valvula

From Latin valvula, from valva (“double door, valve”) + -ula (“-ule, -ling: forming diminutives”). Doublet of valvule.


restis

Borrowed from Latin restis (“rope, cord”).

(anatomy) Any of the restiform bodies on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.


ductule

From New Latin ductulus, diminutive of Latin ductus. By surface analysis, duct + -ule.

(anatomy) Any very small duct, typically lactiferous.


inguinofemoral

(anatomy) Pertaining to both the inguen (groin) and the femur.


iliofemoral

(anatomy) Pertaining to both the ilium and the femur


extraskeletal

(anatomy) Located in soft tissue rather than in the bones


pluristratified

(anatomy) Having several stratifications


sensorineural

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sensory nerves


supraclavicular

From supra- + clavicular or supraclavicle + -ar.

(anatomy, zootomy, relational) Above the clavicle.


inguen

Ganglions of the right and of the left inguens […]

1909, Transactions of the third International Sanitary Conference of the American Republics:


bursal

en-adj

bursal (comparative more bursal, superlative most bursal)

more bursal (comparative)
most bursal (superlative)

(anatomy) Relating to, or resembling, a bursa


acetylesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acetate ester.

acetyloesteraza

any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an acetate ester


urothelium

(anatomy) The epithelium of the urinary bladder.


oculopharyngeal

(anatomy) Relating to both the eye and the throat (especially to their respective muscles)


tannase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of tannic acid to gallic acid


angiostatin

en-noun

angiostatin (countable and uncountable, plural angiostatins)

(biochemistry, medicine) A protein that inhibits angiogenesis; it is used to inhibit the growth of new blood vessels in tumours.


chondrocranium

(anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification


uterotonic

en-adj

uterotonic (comparative more uterotonic, superlative most uterotonic)

more uterotonic (comparative)
most uterotonic (superlative)

(anatomy) That supplies tone (overcomes relaxation) to the uterine muscle


baroreceptor

(anatomy) A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure.


diverticular

In an earlier study among nearly 44,000 male health professionals, fiber from fruit and vegetables, but not cereal, was linked to a reduced risk of diverticular disease.

2019 October 28, Jane E. Brody, “Fiber in Fruits and Grains Protects Against Diverticulitis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the diverticulum.


pleuretic

[…] which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints;

1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax.


hairslide

A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.


sternomastoid

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.


intermedium

en-noun

intermedium (plural intermediums or intermedia)

intermediums (plural)
intermedia (plural)

(anatomy) A central carpal bone or tarsal bone.


petrosal

From Latin petrōsus (“full of rocks, rocky”) + -al.

af

(anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located near the petrous part of the temporal bone or the capsule of the inner ear.

岩的

relating to the petrous part of the temporal bone


petrosal

(anatomy) The petrous part of the temporal bone at the base of the skull, surrounding the inner ear.

midal-shaped petrosal of mammals and bird

1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:

(anatomy, zootomy) The auditory capsule.


truncal

Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor).

2004, Johnny D. Hoskins, Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Dog and Cat, →ISBN, page 358:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trunk (of the body).


supinator

(anatomy) Any muscle that aids supination


sternocleidomastoid

Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdēs, from Latin sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + Latin mastoīdēs (“like a breast”), equivalent to sterno- + cleido- + mastoid.

(anatomy) Relating to or involving the sternum, the clavicle and the mastoid process of the temporal bone.

sternocleidomastoid muscle
sternocleidomastoid muscle

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternocleidomastoid muscle.


sternocleidomastoid

sternocleidomastoid muscle
sternocleidomastoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of sternocleidomastoid muscle.


procambium

(botany) A meristem that lies just inside the protoderm and develops into primary xylem and primary phloem


penoscrotal

en-adj

penoscrotal (comparative more penoscrotal, superlative most penoscrotal)

more penoscrotal (comparative)
most penoscrotal (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or relating to the penis and scrotum.