See Also: epitaxy(medicine)
epitaxy(dictionary)
Potent(medicine)
potent(1)(dictionary)
potent(2)(dictionary)
potent(dictionary)

potent(2) (iou) and epitaxy (medicine)


potent(2) (iou)



potent noun1 & adjective1. LME.
[Alt. of (Old French) POTENCE noun2: see -ENT.]
A. noun.
A crutch; a staff with a crosspiece to lean on. LME-L15.
fig. A support, a stay. Long arch. LME.
Heraldry. A T-shaped form or figure; a fur potent. E17.
b. adjective. Heraldry. (Of a cross) having the limbs terminating in potents; (of a fur) consisting of interlocking T-shaped areas of alternating tinctures and orientations; (of a line) formed into an open T-shape at regular intervals. Usu. postpositive. L16.
potented adjective having or formed into a potent or potents E19.

epitaxy (medicine)


epitaxy


The growth of one crystal in one or more specific orientations on the substrate of another kind of crystal, with a close geometric fit between the networks in contact; seen in the alternating layers of different composition in stones from the kidney and gallbladder, indicating an abrupt change of composition during formation.

Origin: epi-+ G. Taxis, arrangement