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argentaffin (iou) and oversupply (oh)


argentaffin (iou)



argentaffin adjective. E20.
[French argentaffine, from Latin argentum silver + affinis akin.]
Readily stained black by silver salts; spec. (Anatomy, now arch.) designating numerous isolated endocrine cells situated in the intestinal epithelium.
argentaffi'noma noun, pl. -mas, -mata , Medicine an intestinal tumour whose tissue stains like argentaffin cells, from which it is thought to develop M20.

oversupply (oh)



[U and C]
the state of having more of something than you need or can sell
::an oversupply of Computers