11) sinoatrial. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...Of or relating to the sinoatrial node: a sinoatrial heart block. sin(us) + atrial.... 12) lymphatic. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...1. Of or relating to lymph, a lymph vessel, or a lymph node. 2. Lacking energy or vitality; sluggish. A vessel that conveys lymph. New Latin lymphaticus, from Latin... 13) nodal. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Of, relating to, resembling, being, or situated near or at a node. nodalˇly -ADVERB... 14) bubo. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Inflected forms: pl. buˇboes An inflamed, tender swelling of a lymph node, especially in the area of the armpit or groin, that is characteristic of certain infections,... 15) ocrea. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Inflected forms: pl. ocˇreˇae (-r-) A sheath formed at the node of a stem by the fusion of two stipules, as in the rhubarb plant. Latin, greave.... 16) star topology. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...Computer Science One of the three principal topologies for a LAN, in which all nodes are connected to one central node that routes all data passing to and from them.... 17) Purkinje fiber. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...network of the heart, that rapidly transmit impulses from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles. After Johannes Evangelista von Purkinje (1787-1869), Bohemian... 18) folium. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...in metamorphic rock. 2. Mathematics A plane cubic curve having a single loop, a node, and two ends asymptotic to the same line. Latin, leaf. See bhel-3 in Appendix... 19) whorl. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...An arrangement of three or more leaves, petals, or other organs radiating from a single node. 3. Zoology A single turn or volution of a spiral shell. 4. One of the... 20) noil. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...yarns. Perhaps from Middle English *noil, from Old French noel, from Medieval Latin nodellus, from Latin, diminutive of nodus, knot. See node.... |