See Also: euclase(medicine)
euclase(dictionary)

collywobbles (iou) and euclase (medicine)


collywobbles (iou)



collywobbles noun pl. colloq. E19.
[Fanciful formation from COLIC + WOBBLE noun.]
Rumbling in the intestines; stomach-ache; a feeling of apprehension (with intestinal symptoms).

euclase (medicine)


euclase
<chemical> A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumina and glucina.

Origin: Gr. Well, easily + to break. Cf. F. Euclase, G. Euklas. See named from its brittleness.

Source: Websters Dictionary