See Also: caruncle(medicine)
caruncle(dictionary)
Morgagni's caruncle(medicine)
lacrimal caruncle(medicine)
urethral caruncle(medicine)
Santorini's major caruncle(medicine)
Santorini's minor caruncle(medicine)

Hashimoto (iou) and caruncle (iou)


Hashimoto (iou)



Hashimoto noun. M20.
[H. Hashimoto (1881-1934), Japanese surgeon.]
Medicine. Hashimoto's disease, Hashimoto's goitre, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease causing chronic inflammation and consequential failure of the thyroid gland.

caruncle (iou)



caruncle noun. L16.
[Obsolete French from Latin caruncula dim. of caro flesh: see -UNCLE.]
A fleshy excrescence or swelling, such as that at the inner corner of the eye (the lacrimal caruncle), or the wattles of a turkey, etc., or (Botany) adjoining the micropyle of certain seeds.
ca'runcular adjective of the Nature of or resembling a caruncle M19.
ca'runculate adjective having a caruncle or caruncles E19.
ca'runculated adjective (now rare) = carunculate E19.