See Also: paramylum(medicine)

launching (iou) and paramylum (medicine)


launching (iou)



launching verbal noun. LME.
[from LAUNCH verb + -ING1.]
The action of LAUNCH verb; an instance of this.
Comb.: launching pad the area on which a rocket stands for launching; fig. a starting-point for a (freq. ambitious) enterprise, career, etc.; launching-ways the beds of timber blocks, sloping gradually towards the water, on which the bilge-keels of a ship rest after completion of construction.

paramylum (medicine)


paramylum
<chemistry> A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Beside + starch.

Source: Websters Dictionary