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haemolytic (iou) and fig(1) (iou)


haemolytic (iou)



haemolytic adjective. . L19.
[from HAEMO- + -LYTIC.]
Of, pertaining to, characterized by, or producing haemolysis.
haemolytic disease of the newborn a severe anaemia that results when the mother develops antibodies against the blood of the foetus; also called erythroblastosis (foetalis).
haemolytically adverb E20.

fig(1) (iou)



fig noun1. ME.

A soft pear-shaped many-seeded fruit, eaten fresh or dried, which is borne by the widely cultivated Mediterranean tree Ficus carica; (more fully fig-tree) the tree which bears this fruit, a member of the mulberry family. Also, with specifying word, any of several Other plants of the genus Ficus or unrelated plants having similar fleshy fruits; the fruit of such a plant. ME.
Hottentot fig, Indian fig, Moreton Bay fig.
b. A banana, esp. a small one. Chiefly W. Indies. L16.
c. More fully fig of Spain, Italian fig. A poisoned fig, used to kill a person secretly. L16-L17.
d. A raisin. dial. L18.
a. sing. & in pl. Haemorrhoids, piles. LME-M16.
b. An excrescence on the frog of a horse's hoof resembling a fig. L16.
A small, valueless, or contemptible thing. LME.
b. A small piece of tobacco. US. M19.
Phrases: not care a fig for, not give a fig for regard as worthless or of no importance. not worth a fig of no value.
Comb.: figbird (a) = BECCAFICO; (b) any of various Australasian orioles of the genus Sphecotheres, feeding on fruit; fig-marigold = MESEMBRYANTHEMUM; fig-parrot = LORILET; fig-pecker = BECCAFICO; fig-tree: see sense 1 above; figwort any of various plants of the genus Scrophularia (family Scrophulariaceae), which bear dull, usu. purplish-brown flowers and were formerly thought useful against tuberculosis of the lymph nodes of the neck (scrofula).
figged adjective = figgy E18.
figgy adjective (a) resembling figs; (b) (of a pudding) made with raisins: M16.