See Also: brittle(dictionary)
brittle(dictionary)
Brittle star(medicine)
brittle bones(medicine)
brittle diabetes(medicine)
Brittle Diabetes(health)
Pecan Brittle(recipes)
Maple-Cashew Brittle(recipes)
Traditional Peanut Brittle(recipes)
Brittle bone disease(health)

iatromechanical (iou) and brittle (iou)


iatromechanical (iou)



iatromechanical adjective. M19.
[from IATRO- + MECHANICAL.]
History of Science. = IATROMATHEMATICAL 2.
iatromechanic,
iatromechanician nouns an iatromathematician M19.
iatromechanics,
iatro'mechanism nouns iatromathematics L19.
iatro'mechanist noun an iatromathematician M20.

brittle (iou)



brittle adjective. LME.

Liable to break; easily broken, fragile; fig. frail, weak; insecure, unstable, transitory. LME.
brittle fracture: occurring in a metal without appreciable prior plastic deformation. brittle-star a starfish-like echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, with long thin brittle arms.
Liable to destruction; perishable, mortal. LME-L18.
brittlely adverb L16.
brittleness noun L15.
brittly adverb L17.