See Also: averruncator(medicine)

external (iou) and averruncator (medicine)


external (iou)



external adjective & noun. LME.
[from medieval Latin, from Latin exter: see EXTERN, -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Outwardly visible or manifest; consisting of outward acts or observances. LME.
J. Butler The external worship of God. C. Darwin Fertility in the hybrid is independent of its external resemblance to either pure parent.
Of or situated on the outside or visible part of something; Anatomy situated towards the outer surface of the body (opp. internal). L16.
external ear: see EAR noun1.
T. Hardy The surgeon..said that the external bruises were mere trifles.
b. Of a remedy or treatment: applied to the exterior of the body. E18.
a. Situated outside or beyond the limits of a given object. (Foll. by to.) L16.
external RELATION.
C. Rycroft Hallucinations..are experienced as though they were external to the person constructing them.
b. = EXTERN adjective 3. Only in L16.
external world the totality of external objects.
J. Steinbeck External realities..she obliterated by refusing to believe in them.
c. Of a thing presented in sense-perception: (regarded as) existing independently of the mind perceiving it. M17.
Originating or acting from outside. M17.
external evidence: derived from a source independent of the thing discussed.
B. Bettelheim The need to ascribe inner conflict to some external force.
Having an outside object or sphere of operation; spec. relating to foreign countries or foreign affairs. L18.
H. James National questions..of external as well as of domestic and of colonial policy.
Of a student or an examiner: taking or marking examinations of a university of which he or she is not a resident member. Of an examination or a degree: taken or obtained by an external student. L19.
Computing. Not contained in the central processing unit. Also = PERIPHERAL adjective 3. M20.
b. noun.
In pl. Outward forms, observances, etc., as opp. to inner realities or substance. Also (arch.), outward features. M17.
R. South Adam was..glorious in his externals; he had a beautiful body. M. M. Fiske Dwell in this artificial world [sc. the theatre], and you will know only the externals of acting.
External objects or circumstances; inessentials. M17.
M. L. King What shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world of externals..and lose the internalhis own soul?
The exterior; an outward surface or aspect. arch. L18.
Southey Deformity and hollowness beneath The rich external.
externally adverb L16.

averruncator (medicine)


averruncator
<botany> An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.

Origin: Cf. Aberuncator.

Source: Websters Dictionary