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shake-out (iou)



shake-out noun. L19.
[from shake out s.v. SHAKE verb.]
Stock Exchange. A crisis in which the weaker speculators are driven out of the market. Also, a sudden fall in prices, a sudden General disposal of particular Stocks, etc. L19.
An upheaval or reorganization, esp. one involving contraction, streamlining, shedding of personnel, closure of some businesses, etc. M20.

satellitosis (medicine)


satellitosis


1. A condition marked by an accumulation of neuroglia cells around the neurons of the central nervous system; often as a prelude to neuronophagia.

2. The presence of satellite, smaller structures, or lesions, e.g., metastic melanoma in the skin adjacent to the primary tumour, or lymphocytes in contact with a damaged keratinocyte in acute cutaneous graft versus host reaction.

Origin: L. Satelles (satellit-), an attendant, + G. -osis, condition