platysma

en-noun

platysma (plural platysmas or platysmata)

Borrowed from New Latin platysma, from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ (plắtŭsmă, “flat object”), from πλᾰτῠ́νω (plătŭ́nō, “widen”) + -μᾰ (-mă, “nominal suffix”).

af

(anatomy) A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.


prozone

Coordinate term: metazone

Median carina strongly cristate on the prozone and on the metazone and with one deep transverse incision so that the prozone is only about one-third the length of the metazone, the incision inclined anterio-ventrad.

1924, William Williams Henderson, A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Species of the Subfamily Oedipodinae (Orthoptera-Acrididae) Found in Utah, page 53:

(anatomy) The anterior zone of the pronotum in an insect of the family Acrididae or Gryllidae.


thrombokinase

en-noun

thrombokinase (countable and uncountable, plural thrombokinases)

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood


femur head

(anatomy) The highest, globular part of the femur.


mesorectal

See total mesorectal excision

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the middle part of the rectum


cutinase

(biochemistry) cutin hydrolase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes cutin


otoferlin

(biochemistry) A transmembrane protein which is defective in a recessive form of human deafness


extrastriate

(anatomy) Describing that part of the cortex next to the striate cortex


choriocapillaris

(anatomy) The capillary layer of the choroid of the eye


nature's scythe

nature's scythe (plural nature's scythes)

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Love's meadow happy Dick with nature's scythe was mowing.


dehydropeptidase

(biochemistry) Any of a particular group of dipeptidases


zygomaticus

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin zygomaticus, clipping of mūsculus zygomaticus (“zygomatic muscle”). Doublet of zygomatic.

clipping

Meronyms: zygomaticus major, zygomaticus minor

(anatomy) One of several small subcutaneous facial muscles arising from or in relation with the zygomatic bone.


intertrochanteric

(anatomy) Between the two trochanters of the femur


ranga

Extracted from (o)rang(utan), with -er suffix; in use since 1990s; to a certain extent popularised by the ABC television show Summer Heights High (2007).

You′re looking down upon ‘rangas’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.

2009, David Foster, Sons of the Rumour, unnumbered page:

2010, Mungo MacCallum, Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010, Large Print 16pt Edition, page ii,
Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country′s first ranga prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can′t tell.

3. I will not call Blue ‘Ranga Girl’.

2010, Katrina Nannestad, Red Dirt Diary, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page, Fez′s resolutions: […]

Joy and Lydia and Izzy despised the rest of the girls, from their plucked little threesome, disgusted by Yolanda's hairy calves, the faint down over a lip, Verla's ranga armpits.

2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin, published 2018, page 183:

SID: Yeah, all my friends hate me, I don't know why. MR. INCREDIBLE: Maybe it's because you're a fucking ranga you cockhead. SID: What the fuck did you just say, cunt? MR. INCREDIBLE: I said; ranga. SID: I am not a ranga!

2018, Aussie Disney (YouTube), Aussie Incredibles

(Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An orange-haired or red-haired person.


extracapsular

(anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.


intraarticular

Intraarticular visualization and suture placement are easier while the patient's knee is unstable and before notchplasty or osseous tunnel drilling can cause bleeding.

2003, John B. McGinty, Stephen S. Burkhart, Operative Arthroscopy, page 354:


metaphysis

From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) + Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “growth”), equivalent to meta- + -physis.

(anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development


subtrochanteric

(anatomy) Beneath the trochanter of the femur


trochanteric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochanter of the femur


sclerotin

(biochemistry) The crosslinked protein component of the cuticles of insects.


Crystals of phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase (EC 6.3.2.6) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were grown by the vapor diffusion hanging-drop technique, using ammonium sulfate as the precipitant.

1992, A. I. Grebenko, V. M. Levdikov, V. V. Barynin, W. R. Melik-Adamyan, A. N. Myasnikov, Crystallization and preliminary X-ray investigation of phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae:

(biochemistry) A ligase enzyme involved in purine metabolism.


modiolus

From Latin modiolus (“wheel's hub”), diminutive of modius (“measure of grain”).

(anatomy) The central core of the cochlea

(anatomy) A chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue


transcortical

Because association fibers are compromised in the transcortical aphasias, Lichtheim (1885) called what we know as transcortical aphasia commissural dysphasia or white matter dysphasia.

2007, Robert H. Brookshire, Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders:

(anatomy) Between the two parts of the cerebral cortex


pronator

en-noun

pronator (plural pronators or pronatores)

(anatomy) Any muscle that produces pronation


orbitosphenoid

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the orbit and the sphenoid bone


velamen

(botany) A spongy, usually pale, multiseriate epidermis (i.e. consisting of multiple layers of cells) covering the roots of some kinds of plants, especially plant species with an epiphytic or semi-epiphytic habit. Examples include various orchid and Clivia species


sclerotome

(anatomy) A segmented mass of mesenchymal tissue, in a somite, that develops into the ribs


substem

(botany) One of several plant stems splitting off from a main stem.


nerve center

(anatomy) A point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals.

hermokeskus

anatomy: a point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals


zygon

From Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”).

“The evidence is threefold: (1) as admitted by Ecker, the zygon always appears independently in the foetus;

1896, Andrew J. Parker, “Morphology of the Cerebral Convolutions with special reference to the order of Primates”, in Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2nd Series edition, volume 10, number 3, page 323:

I am falling apart, the delicate zygon of my brain is opened.

1938, Lawrence Durrell, The Black Book, book 3, London: Faber and Faber, published 1977, page 223:

(anatomy, plural "zyga") In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal (H-shaped) fissure.


blinky

en-adj

blinky (comparative more blinky, superlative most blinky)

more blinky (comparative)
most blinky (superlative)

She struck a match and relighted the candle and everyone looked at each other by its winky, blinky light.

1906, E. Nesbit, chapter 2, in The Railway Children:

[…] the rosary beads that hung from her belt like a zoot-suiter's key chain were blinky bright […]

1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, New York: Scribner, Part 6, Chapter 4:

flickery, prone to flicker (of lights, shining objects)


winky

winky (comparative more winky, superlative most winky)

more winky (comparative)
most winky (superlative)

a winky smiley face

Dickens aficionados will delight in winky references to his novels, as well as to his biography: Jenny Wren of “Our Mutual Friend” lends a nickname to Miss Ricketts; Alfred’s brother’s name is Sydney (as in Carton); and the One and Only’s death has left a “Drood”-like novel unfinished, occasioning wild speculation about its conclusion.

2009 July 12, Susann Cokal, “Bleak Housekeeping”, in New York Times:

‘Yeah, but I put a winky smiley face on it. Did you not see?’ ‘That was a sad smiley face, you total fucking moron.[…]’

2007, Stephen J. Martin, Rock and a Hard Place, Mercier Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 276:

He had included a winky face in his previous response. You don't haphazardly throw a winky face around like it's a thumbs-up or praise hands.

2018, Lincee Ray, Why I Hate Green Beans […] , Baker Books, →ISBN:

I send a winky face emoji right after this, so he knows I am just teasing him.

2021, Theresa Leigh, Cluck Buddies: A Friends With Benefits Romance, LuxLife Publishing:


desmocollin

From desmo- + Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -in.

(biochemistry) Any of a family of glycoproteins (cadherin), found in desmosomes, responsible for intercellular adhesion.


siderocalin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins, produced in the body following bacterial infection, that act against siderophores


spondylothoracic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the spine and the thoracic cage


subacromial

subacromial (comparative more subacromial, superlative most subacromial)

more subacromial (comparative)
most subacromial (superlative)


footstalk

(botany) A stalk (such as a peduncle or pedicel) that supports another structure.


episternum

en-noun

episternum (plural episternums or episterna)

(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum


alisphenoid

(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone


alisphenoid

(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.

alisphenoid bone

alisphenoid canal

(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.


epicondyle

(anatomy) A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached.


tibiofemoral

(anatomy), Of, pertaining to, or joining the tibia and the femur


patellofemoral

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the patella and the femur.


glenohumeral

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.

glenohumeral

of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus


perichondrium

(anatomy) a dense layer of fibrous connective tissue surrounding the cartilage of developing bone


paraprotein

(biochemistry) A protein found in the blood only as a result of disease


pseudanthium

From pseudo- + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) + -ium.

affix

(botany) An inflorescence that looks and functions as if it were a single flower.


carpophore

(botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.


cubital

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.


multivalve

a multivalve mollusk

Having or involving multiple valves (in any context); thus:

(anatomy, zoology, medicine) Having multiple biological valves.

multivalve heart disease

(anatomy, zoology, medicine) Involving multiple heart valves.


predorsal

(anatomy) Immediately in front of a dorsal region


proteinoid

(biochemistry) A polypeptide formed abiotically from by heating a mixture of amino acids


squamocolumnar

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a junction between stratified squamous epithelium and columnar epithelium


stomatogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach


supraoptic

(anatomy) Above the optic tract or chiasma


synarthrosis

(anatomy) A type of joint in which two bones are connected rigidly by fibrous tissue


obex

(anatomy) A small, crescentic fold of white matter that covers the inferior angle of the floor of the fourth ventricle.


tibialis

Either of two muscles that attach to the tibia.

säärilihas

Either of the two muscles that attach to the tibia


ultimobranchial

(anatomy) Designating the fifth (last) pharyngeal pouch of the embryo


pneumogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach


pneumogastric

[…]were it not for a strange-smelling, at first not unpleasant, but with the passage of time frankly revolting vapour arising from among the recesses of Mr. Magershon's body-linen and issuing, with great volatility, between his nape and his collar-band, a bold and it must be allowed successful effort on the part of that dignitary's pneumogastric to compensate the momentary confusion of its superior connexions.

1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

(anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.


actinodin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that are essential structural components of fin rays and fin folds of zebrafish.


fusokine

(biochemistry) Any of a group of interleukins that stimulate the immune system


chromogranin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of secretory proteins found in many types of cell.


mesothelial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesothelium


striatopallidal

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or connecting, the striatum and the globus pallidus.


enarthrosis

ball-and-socket joint
ball-and-socket joint


syntropy

By surface analysis, syn- + -tropy. First attested in 1871, in the anatomical sense.

(anatomy) A formation of a series of similar parts having the same orientation (e.g., ribs, scales).


lodicule

(botany) A small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass


ectocervix

en-noun

ectocervix (plural ectocervixes or ectocervices)

ectocervixes (plural)
ectocervices (plural)

(anatomy) The part of the cervix that extends into the vagina


endocervix

endocervix (plural endocervixes or endocervices)

endocervixes (plural)
endocervices (plural)

(anatomy) The mucous membrane of the cervical canal.


fibroepithelial

(anatomy) containing both epithelial and stromal or mesenchymal tissue


immunopeptide

(immunology, biochemistry) Any peptide involved in the biochemistry of the immune system


stapedial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the stapes


amygdalar

(neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the amygdala


perimammary

(anatomy) Surrounding a mammary gland, or surrounding the breast


periostin

(biochemistry) A protein normally expressed during cardiac development but also re-expressed following injury to adult tissue.


abdominopelvic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the abdomen and (the cavity of) the pelvis

abdominopélvico

relating to the abdomen and the cavity of the pelvis


gastrohepatic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the stomach and the liver.


hepatogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the liver and the stomach


intrapelvic

(anatomy) Within the (cavity of the) pelvis


mesocolic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesocolon.


intratympanic

(anatomy) Within the (cavity of the) tympanum


infraorbital

(anatomy, relational) Below the orbit of the eye.


infraorbital

infraorbital bone
infraorbital bone#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of infraorbital bone..


paravesical

(anatomy) Outside, but adjacent to the (urinary) bladder


paracolic

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from para- + colic = para- + col- + -ic.

(anatomy, medicine) Lateral to the colon, usually with reference to the ascending colon and descending colon and the compartments of the peritoneal cavity.


procyclin

(biochemistry) A protein developed in the surface coating of trypanosomes whilst in the fly vector.


survivin

(biochemistry) A protein that inhibits caspase activity


sialoglycoprotein

(biochemistry) Any glycoprotein that is combined with sialic acid


tristetraprolin

(biochemistry) Any of a particular family of zinc finger proteins


tubulointerstitial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the interstitium and tubules of the kidney


transportin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins involved with the karyopherin receptor complex


ectotympanic

(anatomy) A bone that suspends the eardrum. (tympanum)


monomethyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any methyltransferase that transfers a single methyl group


mesethmoid

(anatomy) A bony cartilage, in the centre of the ethmoid part of the skull, that makes up most of the nasal septum.


indumentum

(botany) A surface covering of any kind of trichomes, e.g. hairs, scales.


bulbospinal

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the medulla oblongata and the spinal cord.


circumventricular

(anatomy) Surrounding the ventricular system of the brain.


intracerebroventricular

(anatomy) Within the ventricles of the brain


cerebroventricular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the ventricles of the brain


celomic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the coelom


myoid

(anatomy) Composed of or resembling muscle.


neurohumoral

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or produced by a neurohumor


pericytic

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or composed of pericytes


periosteal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the periosteum


preganglionic

(anatomy) Describing the nerve fibres that supply a ganglion


fornical

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the fornix


gemmule

Borrowed from French gemmule, from Latin gemmula (“small bud; small gem”), from gemma (“bud of a plant; gem, jewel; thing made of precious stones”) (further etymology uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth; to produce”), but see further at that entry) + -ula (feminine form of -ulus (diminutive suffix)).

der

To what do this cavity which contains the gemmule, this thin layer which covers it, correspond? We have stated that the cotyledon is nothing else than the first leaf of the little vegetable, and the gemmule the union of the leaves which will follow it.

1849, Adrien[-Henri] de Jussieu, “Ovule and Seed”, in James Hewetson Wilson, transl., The Elements of Botany, London: John Van Voorst, […], →OCLC, § 579 (Monocotyledonous Embryo), page 442:

The embryo is composed of cells and spiral vessels; a small stem, or stalklet; a rudimentary descending portion, which becomes the root or radicle; and a rudimentary ascending axis, surrounded by a bud, or gemmule. Between the radicle and the gemmule, the first leaves developed are termed cotyledons: a plant having leaves like seed-lobes.

1867, Louis Figuier, “The Fruit”, in [anonymous], transl., The Vegetable World; being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical Descriptions and Peculiar Properties. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, part I, page 169:

The incipient apical meristem (gemmule) is located between the two cotyledons of the mature embryo and consists of a pocket of approximately 200 meristematic cells[…].

1992, Michael G. Mullins, Alain Bouquet, Larry E. Williams, “The Structure of the Grapevine: Vegetative and Reproductive Anatomy”, in Biology of the Grapevine (Biology of Horticultural Crops), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 38:

(botany) Synonym of plumule (“the first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons”)


transneuronal

(anatomy, physiology) Between or across neurons


transplacental

(anatomy, physiology) Through or across the placenta


hypercolumn

(anatomy) An array of orientation columns in the visual cortex


alkyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers alkyl groups.

alkyylitransferaasi

any transferase that transfers alkyl groups


abembryonic

From ab- (“away, outside of”) + embryonic.

(anatomy, biology) Describing the area of a blastocyst opposite the embryo or embryoblast


ectoplacental

(anatomy) Outside, or surrounding the placenta


dysferlin

(biochemistry) A protein that is linked with skeletal muscle repair


cellubrevin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that regulate vesicle fusion


monophosphatase

(biochemistry) Any phosphatase that dephosphorylates a monophosphate


myoendothelial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the myoendothelium


myotubularin

en-noun

myotubularin (countable and uncountable, plural myotubularins)

(biochemistry) A phosphatase that dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositols


cavum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cavum (“a hollow, hole”). Doublet of cave and cavus.

ubor

The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the helix.

(anatomy) A recess or hollow.
The nasal cavity.


isomerohydrolase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyzes all-trans-retinyl esters into 11-cis-retinol.


orotracheal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mouth and the trachea


transcarbamylase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of a carbamyl group


clusterin

(biochemistry) A heterodimeric glycoprotein associated with apoptosis.


protrudin

(biochemistry) A protein that induces neurite formation


orosomucoid

(biochemistry) An acidoglycoprotein found in blood plasma


quiescin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins isolated from quiescent lung fibroblasts.


dentilingual

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the teeth and the tongue.


cavernosal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the corpus cavernosum


intracorporal

(anatomy) Within a corpus, especially within the corpus cavernosum


microphallus

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The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis


corpus cavernosum

en-noun

corpus cavernosum (plural corpora cavernosa)

From Latin corpus (“body”) + cavernōsum (“full of hollows or cavities”).

He felt the corpora cavernosa, commanded by nerve messages from his subconscious brain, fill up with blood, and the tunica albuginea membrane, the penis’s straitjacket, trap the blood inside.

2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 235:

(anatomy) One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.


retropubic

(anatomy) Behind the pubic area (and in front of the urinary bladder)


transgelin

(biochemistry) A calponin found in smooth muscle cells.


thrombomodulin

thrombomodulin (usually uncountable, plural thrombomodulins)

(biochemistry) An antithrombotic membrane protein on the surface of endothelial cells.


precuneus

From pre- + cuneus, because it is located in front of the cuneus.

The precuneus becomes less active during goal-directed cognitive or perceptual tasks, suggesting it is selectively reducing awareness of potentially distracting environmental factors (Gusnard and Raichle, 2001).

2010, David L. Clark, Nash N. Boutros, Mario F. Mendez, The Brain and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroanatomy, 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 44:

The logistic regression model revealed that reduced rCBF^([regional cerebral blood flow]) in the inferior parietal lobule, angular gyrus, and precunei had high predictive values and discriminative ability of converters to nonconverters.

2013, John T. O'Brien, Louise Grayson, “Mild Cognitive Impairment and predementia syndromes”, in Tom Dening, Alan Thomas, editors, Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry, page 420:

Studies using EEG-fMRI have shown that there are bilateral areas of deactivation during generalized spike-wave discharges (GSW) in IGE within the thalamus, precuneus, anterior cingulate cortex and inferior parietal cortex.

2015, R. Wiest, E. Abela, C. Rummel, “Simultaneous EEG-fMRI in Epilepsy”, in Christoph Stippich, editor, Clinical Functional MRI: Presurgical Functional Neuroimaging, 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, page 159:

(anatomy) A division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum.


abdominocardiac

* From Latin abdomen (“abdomen”) + Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”) + -ακός (-akós, “-ic”)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the abdomen and the heart.


superorbital

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acetylglucosaminidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-glucose residues in chitobiose and in glycoproteins


dihydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that catalyzes a reaction involving two hydrolyses


glucosylase

(biochemistry) Any glycosylase that acts on a glucoside.


radicular

(anatomy) Pertaining to a root or to a radicle; specifically, pertaining to the roots of the dental or spinal nerves, or arteries which accompany nerve roots into the spinal cord.


properdin

From pro- + perdere (“to destroy”); see perdition + -in.

(biochemistry) A protein in human serum that complements part of the immune system


orbitalis

Borrowed from New Latin orbitālis, clipping of mūsculus orbitālis (“orbital muscle”). Doublet of orbital.

clipping

(anatomy) A muscle that controls protrusion of the eyeball.


cladode

From New Latin cladodium, from Ancient Greek κλᾰ́δος (klắdos, “young slip of a tree”).

der

(botany) A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (for example asparagus, butchers broom) are typically reduced to scales.


jugulum

Borrowing from New Latin jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”), diminutive of jugum (“a yoke, collar”).

bor

(entomology) The jugum of an insect's wing.


prelingual

en-adj

prelingual (comparative more prelingual, superlative most prelingual)

more prelingual (comparative)
most prelingual (superlative)


audiovestibular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the auditory functions of the inner ear and the vestibule of the ear


flocculus

Borrowed from Latin flocculus, from floccus.

(anatomy) Either of two small lobes on the posterior border of the cerebellum.


glucosaminidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin to produce glucosamine.


extrarenal

(anatomy, medicine) Outside a kidney; outside but near or abutting a kidney.


angiotensinase

(biochemistry) Any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensin

angiotensinase

any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensin


phosphohistone

(biochemistry) A phosphoprotein related to histone.


uteroplacental

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the uterus and the placenta.


tubulointerstitium

(anatomy) The tubules and interstitial tissue of the kidneys


small of the back

The plan was not feasible, for making a ninety-degree turn would have been impossible without nickel-alloy swivels inserted in the small of every man's back, and Lieutenant Scheisskopf was not sanguine at all about obtaining that many nickel-alloy swivels from Quartermaster or enlisting the co-operation of the surgeons at the hospital.

1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “McWatt”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 70:

He remembered the smell of her skin in the overheated darkness of a coffin near the port, her fingers locked across the small of his back.

1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 9:

(anatomy) The relatively narrow, lumbar region of the back.


ribosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers ribosyl groups


exteroceptor

(anatomy) A sense organ or nerve receptor that responds to external stimuli


submucosa

en-noun

submucosa (plural submucosas or submucosae)

(anatomy) A layer of connective tissue beneath a mucous membrane


corticocerebellar

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex


cerebellothalamocortical

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the cerebellum, the thalamus and the cerebral cortex.


corticothalamocerebellar

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the cerebellum, the thalamus and the cerebral cortex


frontoparietal

(anatomy) Frontal and parietal (relating to such bones or lobes).


frontocerebellar

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the frontal lobes and the cerebellum


neuroanatomic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the anatomy of the nervous system


pontocerebellar

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pons and the cerebellum.


pallidum

From Latin pallidus (“pale yellow-green”).


nucleophosmin

(biochemistry) A protein associated with nucleoli


myomegalin

(biochemistry) A protein that is associated with cardiomyopathy


centrilobular

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or situated near the centre of a lobule


arthrodial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to arthrodia or to an arthrosis


interspinal

interspinal ligament

(anatomy) Between adjacent spinous processes of the vertebrae.

True measurements are usually made from the anterior superior spine of the ilium to the tip of the medial malleolus or the femoral adductor tubercle. If possible the limbs should be in corresponding positions and preferably perpendicular to the interspinal line (Fig. 3–34).

1984, Michael Harty, “The Anatomy of the Hip Joint”, in Raymund G. Tronzo, editor, Surgery of the Hip Joint, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Springer, →ISBN, pages 68–69:

(anatomy) Between the anterior superior iliac spines.

Between spines.
(anatomy) Between the ischial spines.

Between spines.
Between the ischial spines.


trigeminus

PIE word
 *tréyes
Borrowed from Latin trigeminus (“threefold, triple, triform”), clipping of nervus trigeminus (“triple nerve”).

clipping

trigeminal nerve
trigeminal nerve#English

(neuroanatomy) Alternative form of trigeminal nerve.


caeruloplasmin

(biochemistry) Alternative form of ceruloplasmin


aggrecan

en-noun

aggrecan (countable and uncountable, plural aggrecans)

(biochemistry) A proteoglycan, containing chondroitin sulfate, that is a major component of cartilage

agrecano

a proteoglycan that is a major component of cartilage


orbitomaxillary

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the orbit of the eye and the upper jawbone.


alveolarization

alveolarization (usually uncountable, plural alveolarizations)

From alveolar + -ization or alveolarize + -ation.


conchiolin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins which, together with polysaccharides and calcium carbonate, make up the shells of molluscs.


parenchymatous

From the stem of Koine Greek παρέγχυμα (parénkhuma) + -ous. Compare parenchymal, parenchymous, parenchymatic.

(anatomy, zoology) Consisting of or pertaining to parenchyma; parenchymal.


gill cover

(anatomy, zoology) An operculum; a series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills.


gill slit

(anatomy, zoology) An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.


subdurally

en-adv

subdurally (comparative more subdurally, superlative most subdurally)

more subdurally (comparative)
most subdurally (superlative)

(anatomy) Beneath the dura mater and above the meninges.


corticofugal

(anatomy) Describing a nerve fibre that originates in, and runs from, the cerebral cortex.


fusimotor

(anatomy) Describing motoneurons that innervate intrafusal fibres


tegmen

From New Latin, from Latin tegmen, syncopated form of tegimen.

(biology) A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism.

(botany) An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed.

(anatomy) A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals.

(entomology) In insects such as winged cockroaches and locusts, the stiff, membranous fore wings; in many species they are not primarily used for flight, but serve as protective covering for the delicate hind wings, which are the main organs of flight. The more heavily armoured fore-wings of most beetles are called elytra, not tegmina.


capitellum

Borrowed from Latin capitellum, diminuitive of Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capital, caudillo, and Kadet.

doublet

(botany, anatomy, arachnology) Synonym of capitulum


dicklet

Carleton gasped as lubricated fingers circled his sensitive dicklet. "That feels great."

2007, Victoria A. Brownworth, Bed: New Lesbian Erotica:

"Such bluster from a bitch with a five inch dicklet. Male bravado will get you nowhere here. We eat useless males for lunch, or we turn them into something more useful to a woman."

2010, Jennifer Campbell, Pitfalls of Desire: Winston:


old chap

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‘Well, look here, old chap,’ he said, ‘let's have strict business between friends. If you'll pay me back four quid at the end of term, you shall have the two pounds. How does that strike you?’

1903, P. G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle, A & C Black:

(UK, dated) Affectionate term of address for a man.


prefixation

First attested in 1921; formed as pre- + fixation.

(anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.


sidecut

A type of haircut where the hair is partially shaved on one side.


nonportal

nonportal cirrhosis

(anatomy) not of or pertaining to the portal vein


hairgrip

Eve had chewed the cushion tip from her hairgrip and had begun bending back one end of the stiff piece of metal.

1981, Gillian Allnutt, Spitting the Pips Out, page 51:

Then she leant over towards the bedside table, selected a hairgrip from amongst the crusted trio littered beside her hairbrush, and tenderly inserted the looped end into her right ear, turning it delicately to dredge for wax.

1985, Patricia Ferguson, Family myths and legends, page 8:

“The hairgrip was in this envelope", Ulrika Stenholm said, passing him another small plastic bag containing a white envelope.

2016, Leif G. W. Persson, The Dying Detective, page 111:

A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.


epicanthic

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + κανθός (kanthós).

Along the dimming shore of broken fence and rubble and over the sparse colonies of jakelike dwellings a new curse falling, a plague of bats, small basilisks pugnosed with epicanthic eyes and upreared dogs' ears filled with hair and bellies filled with agony.

1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 215:

Still white, but this time there is a hint of epicanthic fold about her eyes.

2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 331:

(anatomy, of a fold of skin) That partially covers the inner angle of the eye.


nasofrontal

(anatomy) Relating to the nose and the forehead.

(anatomy) Relating to the nasal and frontal bones.


subclavian

From New Latin subclavius + -ian, from sub- (“under”) + clavicula (“collar bone, clavicle”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).

af

(anatomy) Relating to or denoting an artery or vein which serves the neck and arm on the left or right side of the body.


subclavian

The carotids were in their natural state; the arteria innominata and the subclavian were twice their natural diameter: their smaller branches were proportionally dilated and bent zigzag.

1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 169:

(anatomy) A subclavian part (such as an artery, vein, or nerve).


interarticular

(anatomy) Between the surfaces of a joint


erector spinae

en-noun

erector spinae (plural erectores spinae)

The erector spinae are all innervated by lateral branches of the posterior primary divisions (dorsal rami) of the nearby spinal nerves and are covered posteriorly in the thoracic and lumbar regions by the thoracolumbar fascia.

2005, Gregory D. Cramer, Basic and Clinical Anatomy of the Spine, Spinal Cord, and ANS:

(anatomy) The group of muscles of the back responsible for erect posture of the vertebral column.


hemipenis

hemipenis (plural hemipenes or hemipenises)

Charles […] found her stroking the goanna in such a way – no one else could do it – that its pale hemipenes emerged pale and spiky from their sheaths.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 475:

(anatomy, zoology) Each of a pair of intromittent organs of male snakes and lizards, usually held inverted within the body but everted for reproduction via erectile tissue.


detrusor

detrusor (plural detrusors or detrusores)

From Latin dētrūdō (“to thrust, drive, or force away”) + -or, from dē- (“away, out”) + trūdō (“to thrust, to push, to drive”).

af

The brain contains multiple centers that modulate detrusor control. Although the exact mechanism remains unclear, the net effect of the brain's influence on the bladder is to inhibit detrusor contractions until an appropriate time and place for urination.

1998, Bonny L. Johnson, Jody Gross, editors, Handbook of Oncology Nursing, 3rd edition, Jones & Bartlett, page 559:

Detrusor overactivity is defined by the ICS as a urodynamic observation characterised by involuntary detrusor contractions during the filling phase which may be spontaneous or provoked.

2004, Nico J. M. Rijkhof, “Chapter 7.4: Emerging FES Applications for Control of the Urinary Bladder”, in Kenneth W. Horch, Gurpreet S. Dhillon, editors, Neuroprosthetics: Theory and Practice, World Scientific, page 1057:

2009, Christopher R. Chapple, Scott A. MacDiarmid, Anand Patel, Urodynamics Made Easy, Elsevier (Churchill Livingstone), 3rd Edition, page 88,
During voiding the patient's bladder should empty completely with a maximum detrusor pressure of 25–50 cm H₂O.

(anatomy) A smooth muscle in the wall of the bladder that relaxes to allow urine to be stored and contracts to expel it; often used attributively.


keyway

(dentistry) A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted.


lagena

en-noun

lagena (plural lagenas or lagenae or lagenæ)

lagenas (plural)
lagenae (plural)
lagenæ (plural)

From Latin lagēna (“flagon; large flask”), from Ancient Greek λάγηνος (lágēnos, “flask, pitcher”). Alternative form of λᾰ́γῡνος (lắgūnos).

der

(anatomy) The upper part of the cochlear duct.

(anatomy) A similar structure, shaped like a flask, that is a hearing organ in some vertebrates.


iliacus

(anatomy) A flat triangular muscle that fills the iliac fossa.


gangliform

(anatomy) Having the form of a ganglion.


electroanatomical

(anatomy) Describing anatomical features with respect to their electrical features.


transesophageal

transesophageal echocardiography

(anatomy, medicine) Across the esophagus.


cypsela

(botany) An achene formed from an inferior bicarpellary ovary of which only one carpel develops into a seed, as in plants of the family Compositae.


iliotibial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the ilium and the tibia.

iliotibial

of or pertaining to the ilium and the tibia


tuber cinereum

(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The part of the hypothalamus to which the pituitary gland is attached


dorsiflexor

(anatomy) A muscle that causes dorsiflexion when it contracts


myenteron

(anatomy) The muscular coat of the intestine.


myenteric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the myenteron.


perineurium

en-noun

perineurium (plural perineuria or perineuriums)

perineuria (plural)
perineuriums (plural)

(anatomy) The sheath of connective tissue that surrounds a fascicle of nerve fibres


laxator

From Latin laxare, laxatum (“to loosen”).

(anatomy) A muscle whose contraction loosens some part.


whang

en-verb

whang (third-person singular simple present whangs, present participle whanging, simple past and past participle whanged)

whangs (present singular third-person)
whanging (participle present)
whanged (participle past)
whanged (past)

onomatopoeic

Imitative

I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.

(US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.

(Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.


whang

Imitative

(British, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.

(US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.


whang

Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.

(UK, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.


orthoptics

The study and treatment of muscular irregularities of the eye.


pyxidium

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πυξίδιον (puxídion), diminutive of πῠξῐ́ς (pŭxĭ́s, “box”).

Key to Species of Cariniana Inflorescence predominantly terminal and subterminal; pyxidium without teeth at line of opercular dehiscence.

1979, Organization for Flora Neotropica, New York Botanical Garden, Flora Neotropica: Issue 21, Part 1, p. 221

The pyxidium has the trigonoidly cylindrical or obconical form of that of Couratari, but it is much thicker, heavier, and more solid in substance.

1924, Samuel James Record, Clayton Dissinger Mell, Timbers of Tropical America, page 467:

The capsule of gold−beater's skin, in which the grubs of the Cione are enclosed, divides itself, at the moment of liberation, into two hemispheres "of a regularity so perfect that they recall exactly the bursting of the pyxidium when the seed is distributed".

1913, Georges Victor Legros, Fabre: Poet of Science, page 176:

A fruit of this kind is sometimes termed a pyxidium; that is, a little chest.

1836, Asa Gray, Elements of Botany, page 221:

(botany) A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off.


inflector

The two last, the intertransversarii and quadrati lumborum, are here enumerated with the dorsal inflectors, because the are dorsad of the centre of motion, and accordingly relaxed in the dead body, when the trunk is inflected in the dorsal direction.

1808, John Barclay, Muscular Motions of the Human Body, page 347:

The scateni medii appear to act exclusively as lateral inflectors.

1825, John Flint South, The Dissector's Manual:

Besides, lightness, toughness, and elasticity are the qualities of the skeleton most essential to the shark : to yield to the contraction of the lateral inflectors, and aid in the recoil, are the functions which the spine is mainly required to fulfil in the act of locomotion, and to which its alternating elastic balls of fluid, and semi-ossified bi-concave vertebrae, so admirably adapt it.

1866, Richard Owen, On the anatomy of vertebrates - Volume 1, page 245:

(anatomy) A muscle that contracts to cause a part of the body to curve inwards.


secernent

(anatomy) A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.


advehent

In Nautilus this vena cava gives off at the level of the gills four branchial advehent veins, which pass into the four gills without dilating.

1891, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, Zoological Articles Contributed to the "Encyclop Dia Britannica", page 141:

The posterior renal advehent vein is formed by the union of a number of small branches bringing blood from the muscles of the pelvis, the caudal region and cloaca with its closely related organs.

1925, Studies in Natural History - Volume 11, page 15:

After birth, when the placental blood is cut off, blood is distributed in the liver by branches of the portal vein, which represent the advehent hepatic veins; it is collected again by branches which unite to form the revehent hepatic veins, or hepatic veins proper, and the latter open into the inferior vena cava.

1929, Frederick Randolph Bailey, Adam Marion Miller, Text-book of Embryology, page 231:

(anatomy) Carrying towards an organ or structure.


evertor

(anatomy) A muscle that everts or turns outward.


moppy

en-adj

moppy (comparative moppier, superlative moppiest)

moppier (comparative)
moppiest (superlative)

“When I’m downloading an Internet, to do an e-mail, for sending, how do I make it go to your stepmother?” the dad asks his son, a Mac-user with moppy, Robby Benson hair.

2009 August 2, Virginia Heffernan, “Hop on, Pop”, in New York Times:


anchylosis

en-noun

anchylosis (countable and uncountable, plural anchyloses)

The end result is one of anchylosis of the joint and permanent lameness.

1906, Harry Caulton Reeks, Diseases of the Horse's Foot:

(anatomy, medicine) Alternative spelling of ankylosis


corneum

(anatomy) The outermost layer of the skin.


trigonum

(anatomy) Synonym of os trigonum (“an accessory bone of the foot”)


quadrigeminum

corpora quadrigemina
corpora quadrigemina

(anatomy) One of the corpora quadrigemina.


vaginoplasty

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Although a functional vaginoplasty is performed in a single stage, further feminization of the mons pubis can be performed at a second surgical stage.

2016, Loren S. Schechter, Surgical Management of the Transgender Patient, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 25:

(surgery) A surgical procedure used to construct or reconstruct a vaginal canal and mucous membrane.


bluehair

Compound of blue + hair.
The "elderly person" sense, first documented in the 1980s, refers to the blue rinse once used by older women to conceal grey hair.
The second sense emerged from the stereotypical association of dyed blue hair with social-justice activists.

I have memories from a young age in which my father is yelling about "blue hairs" and their inability to drive. And everyone remembers that scene in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" in which the old lady cannot see over the steering wheel and is swerving down the road.

1997, Karin Vonesh, "Who are the worst drivers of all?", Southwords (Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL), Volume 34, Issue 7, 19 December 1997, page 3

He'd recently swiped the little orange bottle of OxyContin from the old hag he often watched on Tuesday nights when her cold, indifferent middle-aged daughter played bingo with the other bluehairs from the strip-mall salon she frequented.

2011, Lola Newmar, Devlin's Beast, page 33:

“Anyone can join,” O'Neill says. “We have age ranges from children to blue hairs.”

2019, Chris O'Neill, quoted in Jordan Bradley, "Do Something Different: Try These Alternative Recreation Options", Encore (Michigan), June 2019, page 25

(slang, derogatory or humorous) An elderly person, especially a woman or one viewed as senile, old-fashioned, or out of touch.


irid-

From stem of Ancient Greek of ἶρις (îris, “the rainbow; colored circle, colored portion of the eye, something bent or curved”).


lobelike

en-adj

lobelike (comparative more lobelike, superlative most lobelike)

more lobelike (comparative)
most lobelike (superlative)

(anatomy) Resembling or characteristic of a lobe.


occipitotemporal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occiput and temporal lobe.

occipitotemporal

of or pertaining to the occiput and temporal lobe


sweat gland

(anatomy) An exocrine gland found under the skin in mammals for regulating body temperature.


mesogastrium

en-noun

mesogastrium (plural mesogastria or mesogastriums)

mesogastria (plural)
mesogastriums (plural)

From meso- (“middle”) and Latin gaster (“belly”).

The mesogastriums were extracted en bloc from the stomach, straightened and measured for their length and width.

2015 November 14, “Detection and Characterization of Metastatic Cancer Cells in the Mesogastrium of Gastric Cancer Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(anatomy) The part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach


pterygoid

/ˈtɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɔɪd/

/ˈtɛɹ.əˌɡɔɪd/

Borrowed from New Latin pterygoīdēs, from Ancient Greek πτερῠγοειδής (pterŭgoeidḗs, “like a wing”), from πτέρῠξ (ptérŭx, “a wing”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

bor

πτερῠγοειδής

af

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.


pterygoid

/ˈtɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɔɪd/

/ˈtɛɹ.əˌɡɔɪd/

bor

πτερῠγοειδής

(anatomy) A pterygoid part (such as a bone, muscle, or nerve).


yolk sac

(anatomy) A membranous sac attached to an embryo, providing early nourishment in the form of yolk in bony fishes, sharks, reptiles, birds, and primitive mammals.


hazelnut milk

en-noun

hazelnut milk (usually uncountable, plural hazelnut milks)

A milky liquid made from hazelnuts and used as a milk substitute, cooking ingredient or beverage.


peanut milk

peanut milk (countable and uncountable, plural peanut milks)

A milky liquid made from peanuts and used as a milk substitute.


rice milk

rice milk (countable and uncountable, plural rice milks)

(dated) Milk boiled and thickened with rice.


myofascial

From myo- (“muscle”) + fascia (“loose tissue”) + -al.

confix

(anatomy) Of or relating to the layer of loose tissue (fascia) surrounding the muscle tissues.


dewy-eyed

en-adj

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

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

One she saw clearly—a dewy-eyed, lovely woman who murmured loving, broken words.

c. 1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 1, in The Call of the North:

Bill Clinton has never shied away from displays of dewy-eyed, lip-biting sentimentality.

2000 June 12, Romesh Ratnesar, “The Victory Lap?”, in Time Europe:

Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions.

teary-eyed

having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance


ovulum

From Late Latin ovulum, from Latin ovum + -ulum.

(anatomy, now rare, historical) An ovum.


SNS

sympathetic nervous system
sympathetic nervous system#English

(neuroanatomy) Initialism of sympathetic nervous system.


FAT

en-noun

FAT (countable and uncountable, plural FATs)

(genetics, biochemistry) Any of a series of genes and their equivalent proteins that are associated with cell proliferation.


paraphimosis

paraphimosis (countable and uncountable, plural paraphimoses)

A medical condition where the foreskin becomes trapped behind the glans.


pupilar

of or pertaining to the pupil (of the eye)


microsporophyll

1993, Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, The biology and evolution of fossil plants, Prentice-Hall, page 843:

a leaflike organ that bears one or more microsporangia (contrast megasporophyll or macrosporophyll)


sympodium

(botany) A pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching, where the axis or stem is morphologically made up of a series of superposed branches imitating a simple stem.

Sympodium

a pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching


snot rocket

Today's worshiper of Beavis and Butthead would tie the handkerchief around his head, put a finger to the side of his nose and launch a snot rocket. Cool.

1995 February 18, “Keep That Soul Out Of Your Eyes”, in Gettysburg Times:

The bully is firing snot rockets. He holds his head back and blocks one nostril with his finger, blowing out the other one. Small hard gobs of mucus are flying around him.

2005, Richard Scrimger, From Charlie's Point of View:

Yes, sometimes the fastest thing running is your nose. But please, focus on where you aim your snot rocket, or your spit.

2008, Runners World, Vol. 43 No. 9, September

(informal, vulgar) A jet of mucus deliberately expelled from one's nostril.


snaggletooth

snaggletooth (plural snaggleteeth or snaggletooths)

snaggleteeth (plural)
snaggletooths (plural)

(plural: snaggletooths) A predatory fish of the genus Astronesthes, so-called because of its teeth.


tear duct

(anatomy) A duct that transports tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity


Twihard

Getting "Twihards" who love virtuous vampires to buy the soundtrack is easy — but getting Radiohead fans to plunk down cash for a little bit of the "New Moon" universe will be a coup.

2009 October 3, Ann Donahue, “'New Moon' Rising”, in Billboard, page 19:

Beginning at popular Rialto Beach, share this classic coastline with beachcombers, dog walkers (allowed on-leash to Ellen Creek), and scores of Twihards from across the country.

2011, Craig Romano, Backpacking Washington: Overnight and Multiday Routes, The Mountaineers Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 38:

'Not me, I'm an out and out Twihard, loved the vampires in Twilight – still do, always will – so I know what it's like when people take the mickey. My brothers drew huge fangs and devil tails on all my posters of Robert Pattinson.'

2014, Samantha Tonge, From Paris, With Love, Carina, published 2014, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) An avid fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the related films.


stanazolol

Toney, 38, tested positive for boldenone and stanazolol, and Batchelder tested positive for stanazolol and oxandolone^([sic]), Garcia said.

2007 June 14, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times:

(biochemistry, steroids) A synthetic anabolic steroid derived from testosterone.


periodentosis

(dentistry) Inflammation of soft tissues around one's teeth such as the gums.


Bowman's capsule

Bowman's capsule (plural Bowman's capsules)

Named after Sir William Bowman (1816–1892), English surgeon and histologist, who identified it in 1842.

(anatomy) A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney.


palatopharyngeal

From New Latin palātopharyngeus + -al, from palātum (“the palate”) + pharyngeus (“of or relating to the pharynx”), equivalent to palato- + pharyngeal. Doublet of palatopharyngeus.

af

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or involving the palate and the pharynx.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the palatopharyngeus.


palatopharyngeal

(anatomy) Obsolete form of palatopharyngeus.


TTR

/ˌtiː ˌtiː ˈɑː/

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of transthyretin.


modulin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of modulatory protein, produced by some bacteria, some of which are toxic


lepal

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale (of a fish); flake”); compare French lépale.

der

(botany, obsolete) A sterile transformed stamen.


glenoid labrum

(anatomy) A lip-like projection of cartilage on the human scapula surrounding the joint between the humerus and the collarbone.


acetabular labrum

en-noun

acetabular labrum (plural acetabular labra or acetabular labrums)

acetabular labra (plural)
acetabular labrums (plural)

(anatomy) A ring of cartilage that surrounds the socket of the hip joint.


labral

Hence, the normal aging process should be taken into consideration when evaluating labral pathology.

2002, Michael Strobel, Manual of arthroscopic surgery, →ISBN, page 600:

(anatomy) relating to a labrum (lip-like projection)


latissimus

latissimus dorsi
latissimus dorsi#English


longissimus

Bull carcasses have greater longissimus muscle area per unit weight, less trimmable fat, and, consequently, a higher yield of retailable meat than either steer or heifer carcasses.

1967, University of Missouri - Columbia, Agricultural Experiment Station, Research Bulletin (issues 912-929, page 35)

(anatomy) The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.


natal cleft

(anatomy) The groove between the buttocks that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum.


wangtooth

From Middle English wangtooth, from Old English wangtōþ (“molar, grinder”), equivalent to wang (“cheek”) + tooth. More at wang, tooth.

All at once, an epiphany of sorts, his wangtooth roving through the binding caught upon a manuscript fragment which to all appearances is the missing conclusion of the Hous.

1976, Bartlett Jere Whiting, Respectfully and Finally Submitted:

Then he asked leave a third time, and the youth, knowing that, if the Khalif assented yet once more, it would be the signal of his death, laughed till his wang-teeth appeared; […]

2006, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night:


proclinate

en-adj

proclinate (comparative more proclinate, superlative most proclinate)

more proclinate (comparative)
most proclinate (superlative)

(anatomy) inclined, directed, or leaning forward, as in the teeth of some mammals and bristles on the frons of many insects


sarmentum

Runner-bearing, viticulosæ. Throwing out runners, viticulæ, sarmenta, or flagella, which take root from space to space.

1821, Samuel Frederick Gray, “An Introduction to Botany”, in A Natural Arrangement of British Plants, With An Introduction to Botany, volume 1, page 42:


SNAP

(biochemistry) Acronym of soluble NSF attachment protein.


pyloric valve

(anatomy) A valvular fold at the end of the pyloric canal which lets food pass from the stomach to the duodenum.


Wernicke's area

en-noun

Wernicke's area (plural Wernicke's areas)

Named after Carl Wernicke, a German neurologist and psychiatrist.

(anatomy) The posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, one of two parts of the cerebral cortex linked with speech (the other being Broca's area).


becurl

en-verb

becurl (third-person singular simple present becurls, present participle becurling, simple past and past participle becurled)

becurls (present singular third-person)
becurling (participle present)
becurled (participle past)
becurled (past)

[…] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […]

1909, Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society, page 472:

(transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.


lumbus

Learned borrowing from Latin lumbus. Doublet of loin.


TCL

(anatomy) Initialism of transverse carpal ligament.


earlap

From Old English ēarlæppa. Equivalent to ear + lap.

...of boring the Earlap, which is performed in Germany, not merely for the purpose of inserting earrings, but as a method of counter-irritation in ophthalmic diseases

1850, British and foreign medico-chirurgical review: or, Quarterly journal of practial medicine and surgery, Volume 6:


median nerve

carpal tunnel syndrome
carpal tunnel syndrome

(anatomy) A nerve in the upper limb in humans and other animals, formed from parts of the medial and lateral cords of the brachial plexus, and compression of which in the carpal tunnel of the wrist causes carpal tunnel syndrome.


carpal tunnel

en-noun

carpal tunnel (countable and uncountable, plural carpal tunnels)

(countable, anatomy) A fibro-osseous passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the distal forearm to the middle compartment of the deep plane of the palm.


looptail

a looptail mutant mouse

(genetics, anatomy) Having a loop at its tail.


omorashi

(sexuality) The sexual fetish of arousal from the feeling of having a full urinary bladder or a sexual attraction to someone else experiencing this feeling.


cock-stand

‘Do you know what they do, in France? My lady wife told me. Well, not told me, but she wrote it down for me, in Latin. The man has a cock-stand, and she takes it in her mouth!’

2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 393:


locule

(botany) Any of the cells of a compound ovary of a plant; a loculus.


stink eye

Miss Mae gave me the stink eye, just on general principle, when I came into the kitchen. She was so good at the stink eye that even if you hadn't done something wrong, you felt like you did.

2008, Michael Harmon, The Last Exit to Normal, page 35:

"Stink eye" is a Hawaiian pidgin expression for a disapproving glance, a mean or dirty look.

2015, John H. Elliot, Beware the Evil Eye Volume 1, page 24:

(idiomatic) An unpleasant look (as in a gaze).


hyponychium

(anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.


eponychium

/ɛpəʊˈnɪkɪəm/

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + ὀνῠ́χιον (onŭ́khion, “little claw”, diminutive of ὄνυξ (ónux)).

The nail is replaced to provide a physiologic dressing and to splint open the eponychium so that a new nail will grow in place.

2008, Peter M. Antevy, Richard A. Saladino, “103: Management of Finger Injuries”, in Christopher King, Fred M. Henretig, editors, Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures, page 947:

The cuticle (KYOO-tih-kul) is the crescent of dead, colorless tissue attached to the nail plate around the base of the nail. It forms a seal between the eponychium and the nail plate to prevent the entry of foreign materials and microorganisms and to help prevent injury and infection.

2011, Maura Scali-Scheahan, Milady Standard Professional Barbering, 5th edition, Cengage Learning, page 673:

Every nail has a lunula, but some lunulas are short and remain hidden under the eponychium.

2015, Milady (Cengage Learning), chapter I, in Milady Standard Cosmetology, page 200:

The eponychium overlies and protects the proximal portion of the nail and the germinal matrix.

2015, Nicole Z. Sommer, M. Colin Rymer, Ryan W. Schmucker, “3: Injuries to the Nail Apparatus”, in Leo M. Rozmaryn, editor, Fingertip Injuries: Diagnosis, Management and Reconstruction, page 69:

(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.


tadger

From Scots tadger (“penis”). Compare English todger (“penis”).

2005, Liz Rettig, My Desperate Love Diary: by Kelly Ann, Corgi Books, UK, page 302,
G says just the thought of trying to bonk in my house was enough to shrivel his tadger and that he′d rather have sex in Argyle Street in the rush hour than try to do it at my place.

I mean childhood doesn′t last long anyway, by the time you realise you are a child ten years later you′re tugging at yer tadger.

2008, Andrew Melrose, Palace Pier Blues, Lulu, page 70:

[…]we found this very funny and were laughing, sniggering and started washing our tadgers with the soap, copying this guy, the guy took exception to this and started shouting at us.

2009, Andy Bell, If Your Feet Are Tired and Weary: A Childhood Memory of a Young Boy Growing Up in the West of Glasgow ... Known Simply to Many as the Land of Temple Scurvy, AuthorHouse, page 129:

2011 (2009), Bernardo Atxaga, Margaret Jull Costa (translator), Seven Houses in France, page 97,
‘But just in case, I'm going a bit farther off,’ he pointed to the solitary teak tree and added: ‘That′s the best place in Yangambi for a piss, but l don′t want to risk him seeing my tadger.’

Of course the medical staff had seen all this before, and they were quick to put our minds at ease—“Come of^([sic]) then—get your fucking kit off, the officer said, now move it!” came the caring and helpful advice, or “Come on, move it, these nurses aren′t embarrassed at seeing your little tadger—why should you be?”

2012, Stephen Bridgman, My Bloody Efforts: Life as a Rating in the modern Royal Navy, page 43:


Fu Manchu moustache

Fu Manchu moustache (plural Fu Manchu moustaches)

Associated with Fu Manchu, the villain in a series of novels written by Sax Rohmer in the first half of the 20th century.


intactivism

The advocacy of the right to genital integrity, i.e., the right of a person to not be subjected to involuntary, nontherapeutic modification of their genitals.


synandrium

(botany) An androecium of which the anthers have been fused.


sarment

(botany) A long slender prostrate stem or runner, such as of the strawberry.


afferentia

From Latin afferentia. Doublet of afference.

(anatomy) Any afferent vessels, whether blood or lymph vessels; specifically, the afferent arteries of the kidneys.


inductura

(anatomy) In gastropod anatomy, a secondary layer of lamellar shell, usually situated along the inner lip of the aperture of a shell, and in some shells extending beyond.


dilatator

From Latin dilatator (“propagator”), from dilato (“I spread out”).

(anatomy) A muscle that dilates any part; a dilator.


hypomobility

hypomobility (countable and uncountable, plural hypomobilities)

(anatomy) Decreased ability to move a joint of the body.


red-haired

It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity.

1726, Jonathan Swift, chapter VIII, in Gulliver's Travels, Part IV:

Talk to that noble sage at Pylos, Nestor, / then go to Meneláos, the red-haired king / at Sparta, last man home of all the Akhaians.

1961, Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, The Odyssey, Book One, Prentice Hall, published 2001, lines 320–22:


Vitruvian Man

Leonardo da Vinci's drawing is based and named on the correlations of ideal human proportions described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. According to Vitruvius the human figure should be the principal source of proportion in the architecture.

A drawing of human anatomy created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487, or a representation of it.


syntonin

syntonin (countable and uncountable, plural syntonins)

(obsolete, biochemistry) A form of fibrin found in muscle tissue, or produced by the action of acids on myosin


Bartholin's gland

Bartholin's gland (plural Bartholin's glands)

First described by the Danish anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738).

(anatomy) Either of two small glands located on either side of the vaginal orifice that secrete a lubricating mucus.

glàndula de Bartholin

gland on the vaginal orifice that secretes mucus


piliform

en-adj

piliform (comparative more piliform, superlative most piliform)

more piliform (comparative)
most piliform (superlative)


serratus

Translingual: Palaemon serratus

(anatomy) Any of several muscles of the vertebral or costal region that produce a serrated border.


palatoglossal

From palato- (“relating to the palate”) + glossal.

af

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or involving the palate and the tongue; (specifically) of or pertaining to the palatoglossus.


palatoglossal

(anatomy, rare) Alternative form of palatoglossus.


palatoglossus

Borrowed from New Latin palātoglōssus, clipping of mūsculus palātoglōssus (“palatoglossal muscle”).

clipping

(anatomy) A small fleshy muscle, narrower in the middle than at either end, that arises from the soft palate on each side, contributes to the structure of the palatoglossal arch of the fauces, and is inserted into the side and dorsum of the tongue; it serves to raise the back of the tongue and constrict the fauces.


sacrospinous

The Dissector spits out Latin terms for ligaments — sacrospinous, sacrotuberous; Montross hears them “like a call to prayer.”

2007 June 24, Mary Roach, “Love and Human Remains”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Pertaining to the sacrum and spine.


perforans

(anatomy) The long flexor muscle of the toes, or the deep flexor muscle of the fingers.


pissplay

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We did everything we'd written about, even pissplay. The sex was great, but she was hysteric. She didn't want me to have sex with other women; she left her husband for me. That was a real tragedy, and I learned my lesson.

2000, “Eurydice”, in Satyricon USA: A Journey Across the New Sexual Frontier:

GWM, grn, brn, 41, looking for asian or hispanic that wants to piss all over or in me. Do you live in the San Jose, CA area. Email me. Looking for fun.

1998, Herryass, “PissPlay”, in alt.sex.watersports (Usenet):

(BDSM) Any sexual activity involving urine or urination.


canities

From Latin cānitiēs (“gray hair, old age”).

Voigtel mentions the occurrence of canities almost suddenly.

1896, George M. Gould, Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine:

(uncommon, medicine) The condition of having gray hair.


pessulus

Borrowed from Latin pessulus (“bolt (of a door)”).

bor+

(anatomy) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.


auricularis

/ɔˌɹɪk.jəˈlæɹ.ɪs/

/ɔˌɹɪk.jəˈlɑɹ.ɪs/

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin auriculāris, ellipsis of musculus auriculāris (“auricular muscle”). Doublet of auricular.

ubor

(anatomy) Any of three muscles attaching the cartilage of the external ear to the skull.


Hitler mustache

en-noun

Hitler mustache (plural Hitler mustaches)

Named after German dictator Adolf Hitler.

named-after

toothbrush mustache
toothbrush mustache#English


ladyparts

(informal, euphemistic) The breasts and/or genitalia of a woman.


secondary sex characteristic

en-noun

secondary sex characteristic (plural secondary sex characteristics)

Coordinate term: primary sex characteristic

Breasts in females and facial hair in males are examples of secondary sex characteristics in humans.

A feature that distinguishes between the two sexes in adult members of a species, but is not directly part of the reproductive system.


mohawked

(of a person) Having a Mohawk hairstyle.


sternochondroscapularis

(anatomy) An inconstant muscle arising from the sternum and the first costal cartilage and extending laterally and backward to the upper border of the scapula.


fem.

Fem. nerve […] Fem. artery [figure labels]

1951 August, John S. Lundy, “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Nerve Block in General Practice”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 8, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 581:


temporomandibular joint

temporomandibular joint (plural temporomandibular joints)

(anatomy) The joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone).

leukanivel

the joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone)


chole-

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

(anatomy, medicine) Relating to bile pigments.

(anatomy, medicine) Relating to bile ducts.


sylvian fissure

sylvian fissure (plural sylvian fissures)

(neuroanatomy) A fissure in the brain which divides the frontal lobe and parietal lobe above from the temporal lobe below.


oligodendroglion

Back-formation from oligodendroglia., after ganglion.

(anatomy) A glial cell smaller than an astrocyte, that forms the myelin sheath for many axons


popliteus

(anatomy) A small muscle at the back of the knee that aids in bending the knee and in the rotation of the lower leg.


praecordia

From Latin, from prae (“before”) + cor, cordis (“the heart”).

(archaic, anatomy) Synonym of precordium


umbraculum

(botany) Any umbrella-shaped appendage, such as the cap borne on the seta of Marchantia.


trochlea

trochlea (plural trochleae or trochleas)

Borrowed from Latin trochlea (“case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, block”).

bor

(anatomy) A structure resembling or acting like a pulley.

In the elbow joint, the articular surface of the lower extremity of the humerus, grasped by the trochlear notch of the ulna.

superior oblique muscle
superior oblique muscle

A pulley-like cartilage through which the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball passes.


ædœology

From ædœ- + -ology, from Ancient Greek αἰδοῖα (aidoîa, “privy parts, pudenda”) in conjunction with λόγος (lógos, “explanation, narrative”).

der

ÆDŒOLOGY
A Treatise on Generative Life.
Including Pre‐natal influence, Limitation of Offspring, and Hygiene of the Generative System.

1893, Sydney Barrington Elliot, page III

(rare, medicine) Study of human genitalia.


Charlie Chaplin mustache

en-noun

Charlie Chaplin mustache (plural Charlie Chaplin mustaches)

Named after English comic actor, filmaker and composer Charlie Chaplin.


toothbrush mustache

en-noun

toothbrush mustache (plural toothbrush mustaches)

Coordinate term: pencil moustache

(informal) A moustache covering only the philtrum.


pilate

en-adj

pilate (comparative more pilate, superlative most pilate)

more pilate (comparative)
most pilate (superlative)

pilate pollen


ENS

enteric nervous system
enteric nervous system#English

(anatomy) Initialism of enteric nervous system.


Rapunzel syndrome

After the fairy-tale character with long hair which she let down as a ladder.

(medicine) The rare condition of having eaten large quantities of hair, which subsequently become lodged within a long portion of the intestine.


serosa

en-noun

serosa (countable and uncountable, plural serosae or serosas)

Like the serous membranes of dehydrated cholera victims in general, the serosae of the small intestines in particular are often covered by a sticky and slimy coat,

1955, World Health Organisation, Bulletin de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé:

The cavity between serosa and amnion […]

1920, Bradley Merrill Patten, The early embryology of the chick:

(anatomy, medicine) Synonym of serous membrane.


harnpan

From Middle English herne panne, hern panne, equivalent to harn(s) (“brains”) + pan (“pan, forehead”). Cognate with Scots harn-pan (“harnpan”), Middle Dutch and Middle Low German hernepanne (“harnpan”), Dutch hersenpan (“harnpan”). Compare also Middle Low German panne (“pan, forehead”), Danish pande (“pan, forehead”), Swedish panna (“pan, forehead”).

cog

(now archaic, dialectal or rare) The brainpan; the skull.


trichomania

From Ancient Greek
θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) (stem trikh-) and μανία (manía, “madness”). By surface analysis, tricho- + -mania.

A mania for, or passionate interest in, long hair.

trichotillomania

hair-removing compulsion; not to be confused

trichophilia

paraphilic attraction to hair or hairiness; hair-fetishism


tricho-

From Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”), (stem τριχ- (trikh-) due to Grassmann's law).


sustentaculum

en-noun

sustentaculum (plural sustentacula or sustentaculums)

sustentacula (plural)
sustentaculums (plural)

From Latin sustentaculum; compare sustentate. Attested since the eighteenth century.

The ligamentum talocalcaneum mediale lies obliquely on the medial side of the joint, and consists of fibres which extend from the medial posterior tubercle of the talus to the posterior roughened border of the sustentaculum tali.

1818, Daniel John Cunningham, Cunningham's Textbook of Anatomy, page 355:

While of only moderate size, the sustentaculum is very thick and prominent; its astragalar facet is of irregularly oval shape and nearly plane.

1912, William Berryman Scott, Toxodonta (Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899), volume 6, page 171:

(anatomy, zoology) A supporting structure, a body part that supports one or more other parts.


plantar fascia

The thick connective tissue which supports the arch of the foot.

足底筋膜

the thick connective tissue which supports the arch of the foot


epithelial plug

epithelial plug (plural epithelial plugs)

a bed of cells that form the normal corneal epithelium.


epithelial dysplasia

epithelial dysplasia (plural epithelial dysplasias)

the sum of various disturbances of epithelial proliferation and differentiation as seen microscopically


ponticular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the ponticulus


ponticulus

(anatomy) a ridge of cartilage on the eminentia conchae of the ear


clavicula

clavicula (plural claviculae or (archaic) claviculæ)

claviculae (plural)
claviculæ (archaic plural)

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin clāvicula (“the collarbone”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).


contrude

en-verb

contrude (third-person singular simple present contrudes, present participle contruding, simple past and past participle contruded)

contrudes (present singular third-person)
contruding (participle present)
contruded (participle past)
contruded (past)

She now needed braces, as her teeth were contruded.

Were it not for this attachment on the bow, the force of the elastic upon the cuspid over which it would pass would contrude it, unless it was secured to the bow with a band attachment.

1635, Calvin Case, A Practical Treatise on the Technics and Principles of Dental Orthopedia and Prosthetic Correction of Cleft Palate:

(transitive, intransitive, dentistry, rare) to crowd or push together (in senses relating to teeth)

to create an abnormal inward curve of any portion of the line of the dental arch


deltoideus muscle

en-noun

deltoideus muscle (plural deltoideus muscles)

Compound of deltoideus + muscle. Also previously called musculus deltoideus.

A triangular muscle that connects the humerus to the shoulder girdle.


deltoideus

From deltoid + -eus. From Ancient Greek adjective δελτοειδής (deltoeidḗs). See also: δέλτα (délta), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.


fire-crotch

It's time to regain your manhood. Go out, get drunk, find a cute fire-crotch, then.... Fuck the snot out of her on your kitchen floor.

1993 December 20, Jason D. Kelleher, “Re: love”, in alt.drunken.bastards (Usenet):

His wife, Ash, was no great lay—not like that nurse at the hospital, fire crotch, a hot little minkie with flaming red pubic hair and a very uninhibited appetite.

2000, Chris Mooney, Deviant Ways, Pocket Books, published 2000, →ISBN, page 5:

Still suffering from the fallout of his stomach-churning "Lindsay Lohan is a fire crotch" tirade that paparazzi caught on tape last month, Brandon Davis is now blaming it all on drugs and has checked himself into rehab.

2005 June 16, Scott Lamb, “The Fix”, in Salon.com:

(slang, vulgar, sometimes derogatory) A person who has red pubic hair.


piss flap

(rare, chiefly in the plural, vulgar, slang) A woman's labium.


jugum

/ˈd͡ʒuː.ɡəm/

Borrowing from Latin jugum (“a yoke, collar; a pair of anything; the summit, ridge”). Doublet of yoke and yuga.

bor

(zootomy) A connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.

(entomology) A lobe on the forewing of some moths which interlocks with the hindwing in flight.

(botany) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

(botany) A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.


Nancy Reagan gaze

en-noun

Nancy Reagan gaze (plural Nancy Reagan gazes)

From the attentive look Nancy Reagan was noted for fixing on her husband, Ronald Reagan, U.S. President from 1981 to 1989, when he made public appearances.

Pat Nixon held the title for most stoic [Washington] wife until Maureen Dean gave an Oscar-winning performance during her husband's Watergate testimony, sitting primly behind him, blond hair pulled back, holding the Nancy Reagan gaze before there was a Nancy Reagan gaze.

1989, Margaret Carlson, "I'M Nobody, Who Are You?", Time, May 8, 1989, ISSN 0040-781X

Peter Chernin, the head Fox TV programmer, … will titularly replace Roth and serve as Murdoch's malleable functionary. He looks at his boss with a sort of adoring Nancy Reagan gaze.

1992, Laureen Hobbs, "The Industry & The Webs", Spy, December 1992/January 1993 p. 18 ISSN 0890-1759

Joan’s attention appeared to be wandering from her leader. Instead of fixing him with the requisite Nancy Reagan gaze, she kept sneaking glances out the window.

2011 February 12, Miriam Lord, “Hard to keep up the Nancy Reagan gaze when a rugby hero undresses”, in The Irish Times:

A transfixed look upon a person taken as showing absolute devotion or affection.


mentalis

Learned borrowing from New Latin mentālis, ellipsis of musculus mentālis (“the chin muscle”).

ellipsis

(anatomy) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.


playoff beard

In the closing credits of the documentary, Boston players were asked to rate and rank the best playoff beards on the team.

2013 November 27, Dan Carson, “Boston's Koji Uehara Thinks Red Sox Burly Man Beards Are 'Gross'”, in Bleacher Report:

(US, Canada, sports) A beard grown by members of a sports team as a sign of unity or good luck during the postseason.


phallused

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I watched him work, saw huge-phallused Frey emerge from the weathered wood, and helped pour libations to the god.

2002, Christopher Harris, Memoirs of a Byzantine Eunuch, Dedalus, →ISBN, page 32:

And when Congo had been emptied of masks with cutout eyes and old wooden bowls and long-phallused fertility figures, he turned his thoughts to local stone sculpture.

2009, Petina Gappah, An Elegy for Easterly, Faber and Faber, Inc., →ISBN:

I was writing for High Times and Playboy's OUI magazine, where the Love Generation, at least the phallused half, had been fluffed, folded and if not embalmed, at least zombified.

2010, Mark Christensen, Acid Christ: Ken Kesey, LSD and the Politics of Ecstasy, Schaffner Press, →ISBN, page 351:


revehent

After birth, when the placental blood is cut off, blood is distributed in the liver by branches of the portal vein, which represent the advehent hepatic veins; it is collected again by branches which unite to form the revehent hepatic veins, or hepatic veins proper, and the latter open into the inferior vena cava.

1929, Frederick Randolph Bailey, Adam Marion Miller, Text-book of Embryology, page 231:

(anatomy) Carrying away from an organ or structure (towards the heart).


mammilla

From Latin mammilla, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).


fuckstick

2008, Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder
Look, fuckstick, I'm incredibly busy, so why don't you get the hell out of here

(vulgar, derogatory, slang) An undesirable person.


pseudounipolar

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(anatomy) Of a neuron, having one axon that is split into two branches.


primocane

But Courtney Weber, a breeder at Cornell University, is working with Mr. Clark’s primocane selections to develop varieties that could be mown down before winter and fruit the next year.

2007 July 25, David Karp, “At Last, Sweet Blackberries Stay the Course”, in New York Times:

(botany, agronomy) A fruit cane in its first year of growth, especially that of a bramble.


bangless

Whether they conjure painful visions of husband-stealers or happy memories of Betty and Veronica, bangs are an appealing option in the summer, when the weather forces the bangless to march around with hair greased back with sweat, like so many W.N.B.A. players or Romanian gymnasts.

2007 July 26, Anna Jane Grossman, “Bangs Return, and With Them, Naysayers and Chopaholics”, in New York Times:


SST

en-noun

SST (countable and uncountable, plural SSTs)

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of somatostatin.


vampiredom

Frozen at the age he was when vampiredom was thrust upon him (in the great influenza epidemic of 1918), Edward is now eternally a younger man, while Jake’s 16 and holding.

2007 August 12, Liesl Schillinger, “Children’s Books / Young Adult”, in New York Times:

The state of being a vampire; vampirehood.


foveate

en-adj

foveate (comparative more foveate, superlative most foveate)

more foveate (comparative)
most foveate (superlative)

From fovea + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

(anatomy, of a bone or organ) Having slight depressions or pits.


imparidigitate

From Latin impar (“unequal”) + digitus (“finger”).

The horse, tapir, and rhinoceros are imparidigitate.

Thus the Hog-group paridigitatestands below the Tapir - group (imparidigitate)

1864, James Dwight Dana, The Classification of Animals Based on the Principle of Cephalization:

(anatomy) Having an odd number of fingers or toes.


splenius

Borrowed from Latin splēnius, from splēnium (“a plaster, patch”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).

af

He caressed and parted [...] her lank loose, nearly lumbus-length (when she threw her head back as now) black silks as he tried to get at her bed-warm splenius.

1969, Владимир Набоков, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, page 89:

(anatomy) Either of two flat oblique muscles which are attached to the vertebrae on each side of the neck and upper thoracic region and which draw back the head.


shorthaired

en-adj

shorthaired (comparative more shorthaired, superlative most shorthaired)

more shorthaired (comparative)
most shorthaired (superlative)

Melissa got her wish to have a lavish living space for Bailey, an 11-year-old German shorthaired pointer.

2007 September 9, The Associated Press, “Baker Keeps Building for the Future”, in New York Times:

(especially of nonhuman animals) Having short hair.


acromioclavicular joint

en-noun

acromioclavicular joint (plural acromioclavicular joints)

He waved them up and down to show that his throwing shoulder still operates despite a sprained acromioclavicular joint, or AC joint.

2007 September 11, John Branch, “Eli Manning Could Sit Out Against Packers”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) A joint at the top of the shoulder, the junction between the acromion and the clavicle.


hepatoportal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the portal system of the liver.


preglomerular

(anatomy) Occurring or located before the glomerulus.


subendothelium

(anatomy) The connective tissue below an endothelial layer.


postglomerular

(anatomy) Occurring or located after the glomerulus.


acromioclavicular

Frederick Matsen, the chairman of the department of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington, who has watched the hit that injured Bradford, said an injured acromioclavicular joint could be a bruise, a clavicle fracture, a mild separation or a severe separation.

2009 September 7, Thayer Evans, “Uncertainty About Oklahoma and Injury to Its Quarterback”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.

ακρωμιοκλειδικός

pertaining to the acromion and the clavicle


bromelain

(biochemistry) Either of two proteolytic enzymes, found in pineapples, that are used as meat tenderizers


nasolacrimal duct

nasolacrimal duct (plural nasolacrimal ducts)

(anatomy, ophthalmology) a duct that transmits tears from the lacrimal sac to the inferior meatus of the nose


auriculo-

/ɔːˈɹɪk.jʊl.əʊ/

Formed from auricular + -o-; compare aur-.

The auriculo-ventricular orifice is an oblique slit[.]

1836, Robert Bentley Todd, editor, The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, 1st edition, volumes 1: A–DEA, page 330, column 2:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the auricle of the heart.

The first of these, the auriculo-temporal nerve, passes backwards, under the external pterygoid muscle, and then upwards between the mandible and the external meatus, underneath the parotid gland.

1881, St. George Jackson Mivart, “IX. The Cat's Nervous System and Organs of Sense”, in The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals, 1st edition, John Murray, page 273:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the external ear; aural, auricular.


apodeme

The muscles are attached either directly to internal protrusions of its external skeleton, called apodemes, or indirectly, by filaments attached to the connection points.

2007 November 20, C. Claiborne Ray, “Ant Power”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) An ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles.

apódema

an ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles


Buffy

A pet form of Elizabeth (cf. Bethy), based on a child's unsuccessful attempts to pronounce the name. Popularized by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise.

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.


crownwork

crownwork (countable and uncountable, plural crownworks)

(dentistry, uncountable) The addition of a crown.


armbone

(anatomy) A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.


underhaired

en-adj

underhaired (comparative more underhaired, superlative most underhaired)

more underhaired (comparative)
most underhaired (superlative)

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Or, to put it another way, Ronald Fergus, middle aged, overweight, underhaired and slightly lacking in the marbles department, was in his kitchen chatting.

2005, Craig Cornwell, Whoops! There Goes the Neighbourhood, page 93:

And I advised the underhaired Tony Kornheiser that as the real star of Monday Night, he had to impose his prolix potency on his partners.

2007 December 25, Richard Sandomir, “Telling It Like It Is to the N.F.L. and Cable TV”, in New York Times:


endoneurium

(anatomy) A layer of delicate connective tissue enclosing the myelin sheath of a spinal cord nerve fiber.


temporoparietal

/ˌtɛmpəɹəʊpəˈɹʌɪətəl/

When the researchers used functional M.R.I. machines to look at the workings of the brain in Chinese- and English-speaking dyslexics, they found that in the English speakers there was weak reading activity in the temporoparietal and occipitotemporal regions.

2008 April 15, Eric Nagourney, “Patterns: Dyslexia as Different as Day and Night”, in New York Times:

The temperoparietal junction sits at a crossroads for many kinds of information, including the perception of the position of one's own body, and the perception of the bodies and actions of other people.

2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 611:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the temporal lobe and parietal lobe, or the junction where they meet.


bald as a coot

(simile, informal) Totally bald; without any hair on one's head.


color up

en-verb

color up (third-person singular simple present colors up, present participle coloring up, simple past and past participle colored up)

colors up (present singular third-person)
coloring up (participle present)
colored up (participle past)
colored up (past)

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(poker) To exchange a high number of low-value chips (of one color) for a lower number of higher value (of a different color), but keeping the same overall value.


branchiate

en-adj

branchiate (comparative more branchiate, superlative most branchiate)

more branchiate (comparative)
most branchiate (superlative)

branchiate segments

a branchiate fish

(anatomy) Furnished with branchiae; gilled, having gills.


cremasteric

The aponeurosis of the external oblique is now divided and its edges retracted; this exposes the cord and hernia sac lying on top, the whole surrounded by the cremasteric fascia through which run bundles of the cremasteric muscle.

1918, Carroll Woolsey Allen, Local and Regional Anesthesia, W. B. Saunders Company, second edition, Chapter XVIII, page #367:


-odontia

Formed from the suffixation of ὀδόντ- (odónt-), the stem of the Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”), with the English suffix -ia; compare the Latin -odontia and the French -odontie.

(dentistry and medicine):
(forms nouns) branch of dentistry

(dentistry and medicine):
(forms nouns) condition of the teeth


xiphoidian

...the deep xiphoidian para-umbilical vein which anastomoses the umbilical circulation, tributary of the portal vein to the xiphoidian plexus...

1936, Louis Hamman, International Clinics: A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures:


occipitoaxial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.


ischiocavernosus

(anatomy) A muscle just below the surface of the perineum, used to flex the anus, stabilize the erect penis (in males), and tense the vagina (in females).


bulbourethral

(anatomy) Pertaining to the urethra and the bulb of the penis.

bulbouretral

pertaining to the urethra and the bulb of the penis


flocculonodular lobe

en-noun

flocculonodular lobe (plural flocculonodular lobes)

(anatomy) A lobe of the cerebellum consisting of the nodule and the flocculus.


vestibulocerebellum

vestibulocerebellum (plural vestibulocerebellums or vestibulocerebella)

vestibulocerebellums (plural)
vestibulocerebella (plural)

flocculonodular lobe
flocculonodular lobe

(anatomy) The flocculonodular lobe of the cerebellum.


flocculonodular

(anatomy) Pertaining to the nodule and flocculus of the cerebellum.


superciliary

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the supercilium or eyebrow.


steapsin

steapsin (countable and uncountable, plural steapsins)

(biochemistry) A lipase that is secreted from the pancreas to hydrolyse triglycerides to liberate the fatty acids and glycerol.


doe-eyed

en-adj

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

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

The graphic energy of their martial arts combat was toned down, their slit-eyed ethnic specificity was made into doe-eyed racial ambiguity and their cynical sneers softened into eager grins.

2000, Dudley Jones, Tony Watkins, A necessary fantasy?: the heroic figure in children's popular culture, page 273:

[H]owever hard she pushed the tough-talkin' shtick, she remained doe-eyed, glowing and somehow unassailably demure.

2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):

Having eyes that are large, attractive, gentle, and innocent-looking.


coprophagous grin

en-noun

coprophagous grin (plural coprophagous grins)


glochid

From Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb of an arrow”).

der

[The bunny-ears cactus is] a particularly unpleasant cactus with thousands of nearly invisible, glochid [...] spines.

2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 29:

A small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the areoles of certain cacti such as the prickly pear.


juvenile hormone

en-noun

juvenile hormone (plural juvenile hormones)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of sesquiterpene hormones that regulate insect physiology by preventing metamorphosis during moults.


iliolumbar

(anatomy) Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions.

iliolumbar

pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions


anconeal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the elbow.


pudendum virile

pudendum virile (plural pudenda virilia)

From Latin pudendum (“a thing to be ashamed of”) + virile, neuter form of virilis (“of a man”).

uder

(medicine) A part of the male pudenda; the principal male organ of intromission and micturition; the penis.


alpha-d-galactosidase

(biochemistry) Any galactosidase that only hydrolyzes the alpha-d configuration of galactosides; a deficiency of this enzyme can lead to Fabry's disease


abdominoperineal

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

abdominoperineaal

relating to the abdomen and the perineum


NEMO

(biochemistry) Initialism of NF-kappa-B essential modulator.


quadricipital

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.


unipennate

We applied this method to the proximal aponeurosis of the unipennate medial gastrocnemius muscle (MG) of the cat during active force production at fixed muscle length.

1998, E. J. Brill, Netherlands Journal of Zoology, volume 48, page 324:

The most distal region of the muscle was again unipennate, with fibers oriented between the posterior aponeurosis and the anterior surface of the muscle (Fig. 1D,E).

2006, Journal of Morphology, volume 267, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, page 593:

Although only one component of the muscle fiber force is used effectively to move the tendon, the advantage of the unipennate muscle system is that an increased number of sarcomeres can be placed in parallel to increase the effective force of the muscle (figure 2.19).

2008, William Charles Whiting, Ronald F. Zernicke, Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury, 2nd edition, page 44:

(medicine, anatomy, zoology) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of a muscle, the parallel fibres of which attach to a tendon at an acute angle (as a feather that is barbed on one side).


artere

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).

der

My fate cries out
And makes each petty artere in this body
As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.

c. 1599-1601, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act I, scene iv, lines 81–83:

(archaic, obsolete) sinew, ligament, tendon, artery


submental

(anatomy, relational) Located beneath the chin or lower jaw.


autostylic

From auto- + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar, support”) + -ic.

af

(anatomy) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the lungfish and tetrapods.


nasoseptal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.


nasobuccal

the nasobuccal groove in the skate

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose and mouth.


nasolachrymal

(anatomy, relational) Alternative spelling of nasolacrimal.


MCA

en-noun

MCA (countable and uncountable, plural MCAs)

middle cerebral artery
middle cerebral artery#English

(anatomy) Initialism of middle cerebral artery.


pollical

en-adj

pollical (comparative more pollical, superlative most pollical)

more pollical (comparative)
most pollical (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin pollicis, genitive form of pollex (“thumb”), with the suffix -al.


outskin

They suffered from outskin-chafed necks and wrists, […]

1938, George Smith, George Henry Lewes, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill magazine: Volume 158:


hypermobile

hypermobile (comparative more hypermobile, superlative most hypermobile)

more hypermobile (comparative)
most hypermobile (superlative)

If you're hypermobile, meaning you have an increased range of movement in a body part, be careful not to overstretch your joints and avoid repetitive exercises, which can lead to pain.

2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health:

(medicine, anatomy) Exhibiting hypermobility; able to move further than usual, as of joints.


cucullus

(botany) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as of certain concave and arched sepals or petals.


grayhead

What is most troublesome to me is that our residents — no matter how much we grayheads or graybeards model the approach to history-taking from parents — learn that the checklist on the computer screen is the thing to look at, and not the living person describing their child and her problems.

2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times:

(Canada, US) A person with gray hair; an elderly person.


brachioradialis

(anatomy) A muscle that flexes the forearm at the elbow.

الْعَضَلَة الْعَضُدِيَّة الْكُعْبُرُيَّة


vampirette

The bond with the dead, at once sister and young bride, may give us another perspective on the same-sex eroticism that, all agree, this male writer imagines and creates between the vampirette and her victim.

1999, Laurence A. Rickels, The vampire lectures, page 161:

There will be no stores open at midnight for the latest Pinkwater, no nerd swarms, girl gaggles or nerd-girl swaggles, cloaked as wizards or vampirettes, whining at the doors, demanding completion.

2009 April 12, Larry Doyle, “Iggy in Underland”, in New York Times:


earbone

This earbone criterion may seem esoteric — until we learn that the evolution of that bone structure is related to the development of a single lower jaw, which in turn, is associated with the fact that mammals, unlike, say, lizards, have differentiated teeth that allow for different kinds of chewing.

2009 May 15, Edward Rothstein, “Come Meet Your Folks: Warm Blood Is Required”, in New York Times:


antivampire

antivampire (comparative more antivampire, superlative most antivampire)

more antivampire (comparative)
most antivampire (superlative)

This is a revealing passage, for van Helsing is the stern realist, the guiding hand directing the antivampire confederacy.

1996, Howard L. Malchow, Gothic images of race in nineteenth-century Britain, page 146:

The Oscar, Time, and Murrow formed a magical antivampire crucifix that would do more than protect Mr. S from the bloodsuckers of Hollywood; this figurative talisman would also convert the naysayers into idolators.

2003, George Jacobs, William Stadiem, Mr. S: my life with Frank Sinatra, page 137:

(folklore, fantasy) Opposing or countering vampires.


aesthetasc

As coconut crabs live on the land, the aesthetascs on their antennae are shorter and blunter than those of other crabs and look more like those of insects.

(anatomy) A specialized organ used to determine the concentration and direction of a smell.


arthrological

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to arthrology.