See Also: trachystomata(medicine)

emendation (iou) and trachystomata (medicine)


emendation (iou)



emendation noun. LME.
[Latin emendatio(n-), formed as EMENDATE: see -ATION.]
Reformation, improvement. LME-L17.
(An) improvement by alteration and correction; esp. (an) alteration of a text where it is presumed to be corrupt. L16.

trachystomata (medicine)


trachystomata
<zoology> An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.

Origin: NL,fr.Gr. Rough + stoma.

Source: Websters Dictionary