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chou (iou) and drop heart (medicine)


chou (iou)



chou noun1. Also choux (pronounced same). Pl. choux. E18.
[French = cabbage from Latin caulis.]
A small round cake of pastry filled with cream etc. E18.
A rosette or ornamental knot of ribbon, chiffon, etc., on a woman's hat or dress. L19.
Comb.: choux pastry a very light pastry enriched with eggs.

drop heart (medicine)


drop heart -->
cardioptosia


A condition in which the heart is unduly movable and displaced downward, as distinguished from bathycardia.

See: cor Mobile, cor pendulum.

Synonym: drop heart.

Origin: cardio-+ G. Ptosis, a falling