society (iou) and adenomatous polyps (medicine)

society (iou)

society noun. M16.
[French societe from Latin societas, -tat-, from socius: see SOCIABLE, -ITY.]
I.
a. Association with one's fellows, esp. in a friendly or intimate manner; companionship, the company of others. Also (rare), an instance of this. (Foll. by between, with.) M16.
E. Stillingfleet An Island, where he may have no society with mankind. H. James It was..natural he should seek her society. Julia Hamilton The society of women and the young all morning has tired him.
b. People with whom one has companionship or friendly association. arch. E17.
C. Reade They have plenty of society.
The system of customs and organization adopted by a body of (esp. human) individuals for harmonious and interactive coexistence or for mutual benefit, defence, etc. M16.
J. Bulwer A due reverence..towards Society wherein we live.
a. The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. Also (with qualifying adjective), a part of this. M17.
the alternative society (those people embracing) a way of life with values and habits which purport to be preferable to those of established society.
J. C. Ransom The failure of society and state to sympathize with the needs of the individual. J. Aiken Nobody in polite society ever picked their nose.
b. The aggregate of fashionable, wealthy, or otherwise prominent people regarded as forming a distinct class or body in a community. Also, a group of such people. E19.
II. The fact or condition of taking part with others or another in some action; participation; partnership. M16-M18.
The fact or condition of being connected, related, or allied; relationship; alliance. M16-L18.
III.
a. An association or body of people united by a common aim, interest, belief, profession, etc. M16.
building society, cooperative society, etc. Society of Friends the Quakers (see QUAKER noun 2). society of Jesus: see JESUIT noun 1.
Day Lewis Honorary membership of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.
b. A group of people meeting together, esp. for discussion, conviviality, or worship. L17.
choral society, debating society, etc.
A body of people forming a community or living under the same government. L16.
closed society, open society, plural society, etc.
R. G. Collingwood A society consists in the common way of life which its members practise.
b. A company; a small party. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
c. Zoology. A group of animals of the same species, esp. social insects, organized in a cooperative manner. E20.
Ecology. A community of plants within a mature consociation characterized by a particular subdominant species. L19.

adenomatous polyps (medicine)

adenomatous polyps
Benign neoplasms derived from glandular epithelium.

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