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gurgle - Etymology dictionary

17.01.2021 — (v.) early 15c., medical term for gurgling heard in the abdomen, a native, echoic formation, or ultimately from L. gurguliare, perhaps via Du., Ger. gurgeln.

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Chihuahua - Etymology dictionary

23.02.2021 — dog breed, 1858, from the city and state in Mexico, said to be from a lost native word that meant dry place.

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cuckold - Etymology dictionary

05.10.2020 — {11}}cuckold (n.) mid 13c., kukewald, from O.Fr. cucuault, from cocu (see CUCKOO (Cf. cuckoo)) + pejorative suffix ault, of Germanic origin. So called from the ...

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victorious - Etymology dictionary

24.09.2020 — (adj.) late 14c., from L.L. victoriosus having many victories, from victoria (see VICTORY (Cf. victory)). Related: Victoriously; victoriousness.

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eurypterid - Etymology dictionary

02.06.2020 — fossil swimming crustacean of the Silurian and Devonian, 1874, from eurys broad, wide (see ANEURYSM (Cf. aneurysm)) + pteron feather, wing (see PETITION ...

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aborigine - Etymology dictionary

21.10.2020 — (n.) 1858, mistaken singular of aborigines (1540s; the correct singular is aboriginal), from L. Aborigines the first ancestors of the Romans; the first inhabitants ...

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formic acid - Medical dictionary

25.09.2020 — HCOOH; the smallest carboxylic acid; a strong caustic, used as an astringent and counterirritant. * * * formic acid n a colorless pungent fuming vesicant liquid ...

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variance - Etymology dictionary

03.11.2020 — mid 14c., fact of undergoing change, from O.Fr. variance, from L. variantia, from variare to change (see VARY (Cf. vary)). Meaning state of disagreement is ...

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organomegaly - Medical dictionary

04.08.2020 — SYN: visceromegaly. * * * or·ga·no·meg·a·ly .ȯr gə nō meg ə lē n, pl lies abnormal enlargement of the viscera called also splanchnomegaly, visceromegaly ...

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substratum - Etymology dictionary

13.10.2020 — 1630s, from Mod.L. substratum (pl. substrata), neut. sing. pp. of L. substernere to spread underneath, from sub (see SUB (Cf. sub )) + sternere (see STRATUM ...

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cubitus valgus - Medical dictionary

20.07.2020 — deformity of the elbow in which the forearm (judged with the palm facing forward) deviates away from the midline of the body when extended. (A) Cubitus varus; (B) ...

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Acetabulum - Medical dictionary

08.07.2020 — The cup shaped socket of the hip joint. In fact, in Latin an “acetabulum” is cup, a vinegar cup. The acetabulum is a feature of the pelvis. The head (upper end) of ...

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swamp - Etymology dictionary

10.10.2020 — 1624 (first used by Capt. John Smith, in reference to Virginia), perhaps a dialectal survival from an O.E. cognate of O.N. svoppr sponge, fungus, from P.Gmc.

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Apheresis - Medical dictionary

10.06.2020 — aph·e·re·sis (af-ə-reґsis) [Gr. aphairesis removal] any procedure in which blood is withdrawn from a donor, a fluid or solid portion (plasma, leukocytes, platelets, etc.) ...

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light bulb - Etymology dictionary

14.01.2021 — Look at other dictionaries: light bulb — light ,bulb noun count a glass object that you put in an electric light to produce light. A light bulb is often simply called a ...

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cardiac cycle - Medical dictionary

25.02.2021 — The atria contract simultaneously and force blood into the relaxed ventricles. The ventricles then contract very strongly and pump blood out through the aorta and ...