nimbus (iou) and bronchomalacia (medicine)

nimbus (iou)

nimbus noun. , -buses. E17.
[Latin = cloud, rain, aureole.]
A bright or luminous cloud or cloudlike formation Investing a god etc.; transf. a cloud of fine particles or Other matter surrounding a person or thing. E17.
H. R. Reynolds Manhood was lost in the nimbus of celestial glory. M. Gordon The protective nimbus cast by his father's body.
(A representation of) a halo surrounding the head of Jesus, a saint, etc. E18.
W. de la Mare The golden nimbus of the windowed saint.
Meteorology. A rain-cloud. Now rare. E19.
nimbused adjective (a) invested with or surrounded by a nimbus; (b) formed into a nimbus: M19.

bronchomalacia (medicine)

bronchomalacia
Degeneration of elastic and connective tissue of bronchi and trachea.

Origin: broncho-+ G. Malakia, a softening

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