See Also: typhlosole(medicine)
typhlosole(dictionary)

laura (iou) and typhlosole (medicine)


laura (iou)



laura noun. . E18.
[Greek = lane, passage, alley.]
Christian Church. A group of huts or cells inhabited by reclusive monks in Egypt and the Middle East. In the Orthodox Church, a monastery consisting of separate cells; a large monastery.

typhlosole (medicine)


typhlosole
<zoology> A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some Other animals.

Origin: Gr. Blind + channel.

Source: Websters Dictionary