See Also: intraparietal sulcus(medicine)
intraparietal sulcus of Turner(medicine)
intraparietal(medicine)
sulcus(dictionary)
Sulcus(medicine)
lip sulcus(medicine)
sulcus gingivalis(medicine)
sulcus fimbriodentatus(medicine)
sulcus ethmoidalis(medicine)
sulcus costae(medicine)

muslin (iou) and intraparietal sulcus (medicine)


muslin (iou)



muslin noun & adjective. E17.
[French MOUSSELINE from Italian mussolina, -ino, from Moussulo Mosul in Iraq, where formerly made: see -INE1.]
A. noun.
Fine delicately woven cotton fabric; an example of this. E17.
book-muslin, butter muslin, mull muslin, Swiss muslin, etc.
b. A dress or skirt made of this. L18.
Sails collectively. Nautical slang. E19.
In full muslin moth. A small European moth, Diaphora mendica, of the family Arctiidae, the male usu. being blackish and the female white with black markings, though both may be brownish cream. E19.
Fine cotton cloth of a plain weave. US. M19.
Phrases: bit of muslin: see BIT noun2 6.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Made of muslin. L17.
muslined adjective draped with or dressed in muslin L19.
musli'net noun & adjective (of) a fabric resembling muslin M18.

intraparietal sulcus (medicine)


intraparietal sulcus


A horizontal sulcus extending back from the postcentral sulcus over some distance, then dividing perpendicularly into two branches so as to form, with the postcentral sulcus, a figure H. It divides the parietal lobe into superior and inferior parietal lobules.

Synonym: sulcus intraparietalis, interparietal sulcus, intraparietal sulcus of Turner, Turner's sulcus.