See Also: cellulosan(medicine)
retort(medicine)
retort(1)(dictionary)
retort(2)(dictionary)
retort(3)(dictionary)
retort(4)(dictionary)
retort 1, verb(dictionary)
retort 2, noun(dictionary)

retort(3) (iou) and cellulosan (medicine)


retort(3) (iou)



retort verb1. L15.
[Latin retort- pa. ppl stem of retorquere, formed as RE- + torquere twist.]
I.
verb trans. Turn or hurl back (an insult, accusation, attack, etc.). Also foll. by against, on, upon. L15.
verb trans. Repay, pay back, requite (something received, esp. an injury); reply in kind to (an insult etc.). Also foll. by on. M16.
a. verb trans. Say by way of a retort, respond sharply that. E17.
Sun Landlord Robin, 43, retorted 'It's a load of tosh.'
b. verb intrans. Make a retort or retorts. E19.
A. Livingstone Her way of retorting to accusations.
verb trans. Answer (an argument etc.) by a similar argument to the contrary; turn (an argument made) back against an opponent. E17.
II. verb trans. Throw back (a weapon), turn back (a blow) on a striker. (Foll. by upon.) L16-L18.
verb trans. Reflect (heat or light); echo (a sound); transmit by reflection. E17-E18.
verb trans. Reject, refuse (an appeal). Only in E17.
a. verb trans. Turn or bend (a thing) back. E17-E18.
b. verb intrans. Spring back, rebound, recoil; twist. M17-E18.
retorter noun1 (now rare or obsolete) L16.

cellulosan (medicine)


cellulosan -->
hemicellulose
<plant biology> Class of plant cell wall polysaccharide that cannot be extracted from the wall by hot water or chelating agents, but can be extracted by aqueous alkali. Includes xylan, glucuronoxylan, arabinoxylan, arabinogalactan II, glucomannan, xyloglucan and galactomannan. Part of the cell wall matrix.