See Also: slumber(2)(dictionary)
slumber(1)(dictionary)
slumber 2, noun(dictionary)
slumber 1, verb(dictionary)
slumber party(dictionary)
cordis(medicine)
scrobiculus cordis(medicine)
pulsus cordis(medicine)
palpitatio cordis(medicine)
steatosis cordis(medicine)

slumber(1) (iou) and cordis (medicine)


slumber(1) (iou)



slumber noun. ME.
[Alt. of SLOOM noun or directly from the verb.]
a. sing. & in pl. Sleep, rest; a state of sleep. Chiefly poet. & literary. ME.
J. Buchan He wakened me from my slumbers. H. Carpenter Crept back..and fell into an alcoholic slumber.
b. A (usu. short) period of sleep. LME.
fig. A state of rest or inactivity. M16.
A. Brookner A street sunk in the slumber of mid-afternoon.
Comb.: slumber cap a light close-fitting cap worn in bed to keep the hair tidy; slumbercoach US a railway car with cheap private sleeping accommodation; slumberland joc. sleep; slumber net a slumber cap made of net; slumber party N. Amer.: for youngsters (esp. girls) who stay and sleep overnight; slumber room US: in which a corpse is laid out by an undertaker until the funeral; slumberwear nightclothes.
slumberful adjective (rare) marked by slumber M19.
slumberless adjective (rare) sleepless E19.
slumbersome adjective slumberous, sleepy L19.
slumbery adjective (now rare or obsolete) sleepy; of the Nature of sleep: LME.

cordis (medicine)


cordis


Of the heart.

Origin: Gen. Of L. Cor, heart

Diastasis cordis, any period of mechanical inactivity of the heart and particularly of the ventricles, usually appearing normally during slow heart rates when the ventricles complete their filling early and appear to be inactive.