To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. “This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak.” (Shak)

Origin: F. Gluer. See Glue.

A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc, of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See Bee. Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass.

Glue plant, a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax). Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid oralcohol. Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding.

Origin: F. Glu, L. Glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together. Cf. Gluten.

Source: Websters Dictionary

(01 Mar 1998)

Difficulty of breathing.

Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. Short of breath; pref. Ill, hard +, breathing, to blow, breathe: cf. F. Dyspnee.

Source: Websters Dictionary

(01 Mar 1998)

The central tag-like structure hanging down from the edge of the soft palate.

(13 Nov 1997)

Formation of blood or lymphatic vessels.

Synonym: vasifaction, vasoformation.

Origin: angio-+ G. Poiesis, making

(05 Mar 2000)

Habitual; customary; wonted. “Accustomable goodness.”

Source: Websters Dictionary

(01 Mar 1998)

1. A receptor in the central nervous system (probably the hypothalamus) that responds to changes in the osmotic pressure of the blood.

Origin: G. Osmos, impulsion

2. A receptor that receives olfactory stimuli.

Origin: G. Osme, smell

Synonym: osmoceptor.

(05 Mar 2000)

The stage in vertebrate embryogenesis during which the neural plate closes to form the central nervous system.

This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology

(11 Mar 2008)

Spinal length.

(05 Mar 2000)

Rarely used term for incision of an abscess, cyst, or other tumour.

Origin: onco-+ G. Tome, incision

(05 Mar 2000)

Incomplete endocardial cushion defect components: ostium primum atrial septal defect, cleft in anterior mitral valve findings: right AV valve is usually normal, with or without mitral insufficiency, communication between LA_RA or LV-RA, occasionally LV-RV Cf: complete endocardial cushion defect

(12 Dec 1998)