See Also: amorphism(medicine)
amorphism(dictionary)

Camorra (iou) and amorphism (medicine)


Camorra (iou)



Camorra noun. Also camorra. M19.
[Italian, perh. from Spanish camorra dispute, quarrel.]
A secret society akin to the Mafia operating in the Neapolitan district; gen. any organized body engaged in extortion or Other dishonest activities.

amorphism (medicine)


amorphism


A state of being amorphous; especially. A state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

There are stony substances which, when fused, may cool as glass or as stone; the glass state is spoken of as a state of amorphism.

See: Amorphous.

Source: Websters Dictionary