substitute(1) (iou) and Landouzy-Grasset law (medicine)

substitute(1) (iou)

substitute noun. LME.
[Latin substitutus, -um use as noun of masc. and neut. of pa. pple of substituere SUBSTITUTE verb.]
A person exercising deputed authority; a deputy, a delegate. LME.
by substitute (rare, Shakes.) by proxy.
A thing which is used or stands in place of something else. Usu. foll. by for. L16.
M. Bergmann Infatuation is customarily seen as..a fake substitute for love. M. Seymour A London park offers no substitute for a country walk.
b. Grammar. A word, e.g. a pronoun, that can stand in the place of another. E19.
c. A man-made foodstuff or Other substance used as an alternative for a natural substance. M19.
M. Marrin A sandwich..made of white pre-sliced bread..with some unidentifiable butter substitute.
Law. A person nominated in remainder. L17.
a. Military (now Hist.). A person who for a remuneration does military service in place of a conscript. L18.
b. Sport. A player who replaces another after a match has begun. M19.
Western Mail (Cardiff) Carmichael, recalled from the substitutes' bench when Pender was injured.
c. gen. Any person who acts or is employed in place of another. M19.
G. Stein Sometimes she taught..in a coloured school as substitute for some teacher.
A person who or thing which becomes the object of love (or some Other emotion) deprived of its natural outlet. M20.
K. Gibbons She wanted me around as a substitute for my daddy. attrib.: K. Vonnegut I didn't want her to go on trying to be my substitute mother.

Landouzy-Grasset law (medicine)

Landouzy-Grasset law

In lesions of one hemisphere, the patient's head is turned to the side of the affected muscles if there is spasticity and to that of the cerebral lesion if there is paralysis.

Synonym: Grasset's law.

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