See Also: rhombo-(medicine)
rhombo-(dictionary)

endurance (iou) and rhombo- (medicine)


endurance (iou)



endurance noun. Also indurance. L15.
[Old & mod. French, from endurer: see ENDURE, -ANCE.]
Duration or continued existence in time; ability to last. L15.
L. M. Hawkins Sermons of four hours' endurance. M. Arnold This is why Byron's poetry had so little endurance in it.
b. Protraction of an existing condition. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Something which is endured; a hardship. M16.
The fact, habit, or power of enduring something unpleasant; long-suffering, patience. L16.
American Humorist Prolonging his visit beyond all endurance. F. King He had a rare talent for endurance, bearing with insults and injuries..with uncomplaining fortitude.
The ability of a thing to last or hold out; esp. the ability of a metal or Other substance to withstand the repeated application of stress. L19.
Scientific American The spectacular endurance test..when a Bellanca plane stayed aloft for 51 hours 11 minutes.

rhombo- (medicine)


rhombo-
Rhombic, rhomboid.

Origin: G. Rhombos