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anorak (iou) and primiparity (medicine)


anorak (iou)



anorak noun. E20.
[Inupiaq (Greenlandic) annoraaq.]
A skin or cloth hooded jacket worn by Eskimos and so by others in polar regions; a similar weatherproof garment worn elsewhere. E20.
A socially inept and studious or obsessive person (caricatured as typically wearing an anorak) with unfashionable and largely solitary interests. colloq. derog. L20.
Independent on Sunday With his thick specs..and grey suit he looks a bit of an anorak. New Scientist At the risk of being branded an 'anorak', I felt it natural to consult the Net.
anoraky adjective (in sense 2) L20.

primiparity (medicine)


primiparity
Condition of being a primipara.