See Also: anterolateral sulcus(medicine)
anterolateral(medicine)
anterolateral groove(medicine)
anterolateral cordotomy(medicine)
anterolateral fontanel(medicine)
anterolateral system(medicine)
anterolateral tractotomy(medicine)
anterolateral thalamostriate arteries(medicine)
anterolateral myocardial infarction(medicine)
anterolateral striate arteries(medicine)

belay (iou) and anterolateral sulcus (medicine)


belay (iou)



belay verb & noun.

A. verb.
I.
verb trans. Surround, enclose, adorn, etc., with; beset, beleaguer; waylay. OE-M18.
Spenser A woodmans iacket..Of Lincolne greene, belayd with silver lace. Dryden The speedy Horse all passages belay.
II.
verb trans. & intrans. Nautical. Fix (a rope) round a cleat, pin, etc., to secure it; secure (something) thus. M16.
belaying pin a heavy wooden or iron pin which can be fixed in position for belaying on.
b. In imper., freq. foll. by there: stop! enough! no more of (something)! slang. E19.
transf.
a. verb trans. gen. Make fast, tie, secure. M18.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Mountaineering. Fix (a rope) round a rock, piton, etc.; secure (a climber, oneself) thus. E20.
b. noun. Mountaineering. An act of belaying; the point where this is done. E20.
running belay, thread belay, etc.

anterolateral sulcus (medicine)


anterolateral sulcus


An indistinct furrow on the ventral surface of the spinal cord and medulla oblongata, on either side marking the line of exit of the anterior nerve roots.

Synonym: sulcus lateralis anterior, anterolateral groove.