See Also: iliothoracopagus(medicine)

honorarium (iou) and iliothoracopagus (medicine)


honorarium (iou)



honorarium noun. . M17.
[Latin honorarium gift made on being admitted to a post of honour, use as noun of neut. of honorarius HONORARY adjective: see -ARIUM.]
A (voluntary) fee, esp. for professional Services nominally rendered without payment.
A. Hailey Acceptance by one high-ranking FDA official of 'honorariums' totalling $287,000 from a drug firm source.

iliothoracopagus (medicine)


iliothoracopagus


Conjoined twins in which union occurs through the ilia and extends to involve the thoraces.

See: conjoined twins.

Synonym: ischiothoracopagus.

Origin: ilio-+ G. Thorax, chest, + pagos, fixed