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falsity (iou) and cul-de-sac (medicine)


falsity (iou)



falsity noun. ME.
[Latin falsitas, from falsus: see FALSE adjective, -ITY.]
Untruthfulness, insincerity. Formerly also, deceitfulness, treachery. ME.
A false doctrine, proposition, or statement; a falsehood, an error. Also, false doctrines or statements collectively. LME.
Incompatibility with the facts; lack of truth. L16.

cul-de-sac (medicine)


cul-de-sac


1. A blind pouch or tubular cavity closed at one end; e.g., diverticulum; caecum.

Synonym: rectouterine pouch.

Origin: Fr. Bottom of a sack