See Also: sinistrad(medicine)

florescence (iou) and sinistrad (medicine)


florescence (iou)



florescence noun. L18.
[mod. Latin florescentia, from Latin florescent- pres. ppl stem of florescere inceptive of florere to flower: see -ENCE.]
The process of flowering or bursting into flower; the period of flowering. Now chiefly fig. Also (now rare or obsolete), an inflorescence.
Scientific American The imported culture did not reach full florescence until the sixth century.
? Earlier in REFLORESCENCE.
florescent adjective (rare) bursting into flower, flowering (lit. & fig.) E19.

sinistrad (medicine)


sinistrad
<anatomy> Toward the left side; sinistrally.

Origin: L. Sinistra the left hand + ad tp.

Source: Websters Dictionary