See Also: lumisome(medicine)

genitory (iou) and lumisome (medicine)


genitory (iou)



genitory noun. Now rare. Also genitor. LME.
[Old & mod. French genitoires pl., suffix-variant (-ORY1) of synon. genitaire(s, genitailles, genitures.]
A testicle. Usu. in pl.: testicles, (in later use) genitals.

lumisome (medicine)


lumisome
<cell biology> SuB-cellular membrane enclosed vesicle that is the site of bioluminescence in some marine coelenterates.

Origin: Gr. Soma = body