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polythelia(dictionary)

phosphor (iou) and polythelia (medicine)


phosphor (iou)



phosphor noun. E17.
[Latin PHOSPHORUS.]
(Phosphor.) = LUCIFER 1. Now poet. E17.
A phosphorescent or fluorescent substance, esp. a synthetic solid one. E18.
Fiction Magazine I watch my thoughts appear..in the green dancing of the phosphor on the monitor screen.
The element phosphorus. Only in comb. L19.
Comb.: phosphor bronze a strong, easily worked bronze containing added phosphorus as a deoxidizer.

polythelia (medicine)


polythelia


Presence of supernumerary nipples, either on the breast or elsewhere on the body.

Synonym: hyperthelia.

Origin: poly-+ G. Thele, nipple