See Also: marasmoid(medicine)

laic (iou) and marasmoid (medicine)


laic (iou)



laic adjective & noun. M16.
[Late Latin laicus from Greek laikos, from laos people: see -IC. Cf. LAY adjective.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity; non-clerical, secular, temporal. M16.
b. noun. A member of the laity; a person who is not an ecclesiastic. L16.
laical adjective L15.
laically adverb L19.

marasmoid (medicine)


marasmoid


Resembling marasmus.

Origin: G. Marasmos, withering, + eidos, resemblance