See Also: cryptolith(medicine)

scriven (iou) and cryptolith (medicine)


scriven (iou)



scriven verb trans. & intrans. Now rare. L17.
[Back-form. from SCRIVENER.]
Write busily, as a scrivener does. Freq. foll. by away, up, etc.
scrivening noun the action of the verb; Writing, esp. of a routine or arduous kind: E19.

cryptolith (medicine)


cryptolith


A concretion in a gland follicle.

Origin: crypto-+ G. Lithos, stone