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gain(5) (iou) and parasphenoid (medicine)


gain(5) (iou)



gain verb1 intrans. Long obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
[Old Norse gegna meet, encounter, (hence) be meet, fit, or suitable, from gegn (adjective & adverb) against, opposite (to): cf. GAIN adjective.]
Be suitable, useful, or advantageous; help; suffice.

parasphenoid (medicine)


parasphenoid
<anatomy> Near the sphenoid bone; applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.

The parasphenoid bone.

Origin: Pref. Para- + sphenoid.

Source: Websters Dictionary