See Also: linea spiralis(medicine)
Acuaria spiralis(medicine)
membrana spiralis(medicine)
prominentia spiralis(medicine)
crista spiralis(medicine)
valvula spiralis(medicine)
Trichinella spiralis(medicine)
vena spiralis modioli(medicine)
sulcus spiralis externus(medicine)
sulcus spiralis internus(medicine)

mutch (iou) and linea spiralis (medicine)


mutch (iou)



mutch noun. LME.
[Middle Dutch mutse (Dutch muts) corresp. to Middle & mod. High German mutze, shortened by-forms of Middle Dutch a(l)mutse from medieval Latin almucia AMICE noun2.]
A covering for the head during the night, a nightcap. Scot. LME-M19.
A cap or coif of linen etc. worn by (esp. old) women and young children. Scot. & dial. L16.

linea spiralis (medicine)


linea spiralis -->
intertrochanteric line


A rough line that separates the neck and shaft of the femur anteriorly; it passes downward and medially from the greater trochanter to the lesser trochanter and continues into the medial lip of the linea aspera.

Synonym: linea intertrochanterica, linea spiralis, spiral line.