See Also: damask(medicine)
damask(1)(dictionary)
damask(2)(dictionary)
damask(dictionary)

dia-(2) (iou) and damask (oh)


dia-(2) (iou)



dia- prefix2.
[Repr. Greek dia (see DIA-1) in phrases such as dia kodeion, dia tessaron, treated in Latin as single words (diacodion, diatessaron), sometimes with Latinized ending (diachylum).]
Used in names, mostly obsolete, of compound medicines, with the sense 'made or consisting of'.

damask (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Damascus, where it was first made]
a type of cloth with a pattern woven into it, often used to cover furniture
::a damask tablecloth