See Also: imbrication(medicine)
imbrication(dictionary)
imbrication lines of von Ebner(medicine)

strammel (iou) and imbrication (medicine)


strammel (iou)



strammel noun. Orig. slang. Now only Scot. Also (earlier) strummel. M16.
[Perh. ult. from French estramer spread with straw or rushes, from Latin stramen straw.]
Straw. M16.
Hair. E18-L19.

imbrication (medicine)


imbrication


The operative overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or the repair of defects.

Origin: see imbricate