See Also: Monro family(encyclopedia)
Monro's line(medicine)
Monro, Alexander Sr(medicine)
Monro, Alexander Jr(medicine)
Monro's foramen(medicine)
Monro's doctrine(medicine)
Monro's sulcus(medicine)
bursa of Monro(medicine)
Monro-Kellie doctrine(medicine)
Monro-Richter line(medicine)

adore (iou) and Monro family (sh)


adore (iou)



adore verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French adourer (now adorer), earlier ao(u)rer from Latin adorare, from ad AD- + orare speak, pray.]
verb trans. Worship as divine. Now chiefly poet. LME.
Pope Be crown'd as Monarchs, or as Gods adored.
b. verb trans. Roman Catholic Church. Offer reverence to (the Host etc.). L16.
verb trans. Regard with deep respect and affection; colloq. like greatly. LME.
O. Sitwell Her mother, whom plainly she adored. D. Runyon If there is one thing he adores it is spare-ribs.
verb intrans. Offer prayers or entreaties; offer worship. arch. E16.
J. M. Faulkner How the chieftains starlit To Bethlehem came to adore.
adorant adjective (poet.) adoring E19.
adorative adjective (now rare) pertaining to adoration, adoring M17.
adorer noun a worshipper, an ardent admirer E17.
adoringly adverb E19.

Monro family (sh)




Family of Scottish physicians.

Three generations of the family made the University of Edinburgh an international centre of medical teaching, holding the chair of anatomy for 126 years (1720-1846) without interruption. Alexander primus (b. Sept. 8, 1697, London, Eng.
d. July 10, 1767, Edinburgh, Scot.) lectured in anatomy and surgery; his anatomical preparations were outstanding, and, though not a surgeon, he advanced many new ideas for instruments and dressings. His son Alexander secundus (b. May 22, 1733, Edinburgh
d. Oct. 2, 1817, Edinburgh) began lecturing in his second year of medical study; of the three, he is judged the greatest teacher and anatomist, and his research also covered pathology and physiology. Alexander tertius (b. Nov. 5, 1773, Edinburgh
d. March 10, 1859, Craiglockheart, near Edinburgh) relied largely on the notes handed down to him.