lemon(1) (iou) and monitor, holter (medicine)

lemon(1) (iou)

lemon noun1, adjective, & verb. LME.

A. noun.
The ovate pale yellow acid fruit of the tree Citrus limon, much used for making Drinks and as a flavouring. LME.
The tree which bears this fruit, a widely cultivated member of the rue family. Also lemon tree. E17.
Preceded by specifying word: any of several Other plants bearing yellow fruit like lemons. M18.
The colour of a lemon; pale yellow. L18.
a. Formerly, a person with a tart or snappy disposition. Now usu., a simpleton, a loser; a person easily deluded or taken advantage of. slang. M19.
b. A thing which is bad, unsatisfactory, or disappointing; esp. a substandard or defective car. slang (orig. US). E20.
c. The head. slang. E20.
d. An informer, a person who turns State's evidence. US slang. M20.
A lemon-flavoured soft drink; lemonade, lemon juice. L19.
Phrases etc.: hand a person a lemon pass off a substandard article as good; swindle a person, do a person down. oranges and lemons: see ORANGE noun. salt of lemon: see SALT noun1 2c. sweet lemon: see SWEET adjective & adverb. the answer is a lemon a reply is unsatisfactory or non-existent. water lemon: see WATER noun.
b. adjective. Of or resembling the colour, flavour, or fragrance of a lemon; pale yellow. M17.
Comb. & special collocations: lemon balm: see BALM noun1 6; lemon cheese a conserve made from lemons, butter, eggs, and sugar; lemon-colour (of) a pale yellow; lemon-coloured adjective pale yellow; lemon curd = lemon cheese above; lemon drop a boiled sweet flavoured with lemon; lemon-game US slang a type of confidence trick in which the victim is led to believe that he or she can win at pool against a player who is in fact expert; lemon geranium a pelargonium, Pelargonium crispum, grown for its lemon-scented leaves; lemon grass a lemon-scented grass, Cymbopogon citratus, native to southern India and Sri Lanka, which yields an oil used in perfumery and cookery; lemon law N. Amer. colloq. a law requiring the manufacturer or seller to repair or replace a defective car; lemon meringue (pie) an open pie consisting of a pastry case with a lemon filling and a topping of meringue; lemon oil an essential oil obtained from the rind of lemons, used in Cooking and perfumery; lemon plant = lemon verbena below; lemon-scented adjective having a smell suggestive of lemons; lemon-scented verbena = lemon verbena below; lemon squash a drink made from lemons and Other ingredients, often sold in concentrated form; lemon-squeezer (a) an instrument for extracting the juice from a lemon; (b) Austral. & NZ colloq. a hat with a peaked crown and broad flat brim, worn by New Zealand troops; lemon thyme a lemon-scented cultivated variety of thyme, Thymus citriodorus, grown as a herb; lemon verbena a S. American shrub of the verbena family, Aloysia triphylla, grown for its lemon-scented leaves; lemonwood (a) NZ a small New Zealand evergreen tree, Pittosporum eugenioides (family Pittosporaceae), with leaves that are fragrant when crushed; (b) (the light-coloured wood of) any of several tropical American trees, esp. the Cuban Calycophyllum candidissimum, of the madder family; lemon yellow (of) a pale yellow.
C. verb trans. Flavour with lemon. M18.
lemonish adjective somewhat resembling the colour, flavour, or fragrance of a lemon E18.

monitor, holter (medicine)

monitor, holter

A technique for long-term, continuous cardiac surveillance. A cassette tape is worn by the patient continuously while carrying out his/her usual activities. The patient simultaneously keeps a diary of palpitations or Other symptoms during the recording period. Symptoms of palpitations can later be correlated with the presence or absence of arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) on the holter tape. The recordings can be analyzed by a doctor at a later date. Named for the late american biophysicist norman holter.

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