sybaritic (iou) and blastic (medicine)

sybaritic (iou)

sybaritic adjective. E17.
[Latin Sybariticus from Greek Subaritikos, from Subaris: see SYBARITE, -IC.]
Characterized by or devoted to excessive self-indulgence or luxury; sensuously luxurious. E17.
Times A sybaritic day..taking treatments ranging from aromatherapy to..osteopathy.
(Sybaritic.) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Sybaris (see SYBARITE) or its inhabitants. L18.
sybaritical adjective (now rare) = SYBARITIC E17.
sybaritically adverb M19.

blastic (medicine)

blastic

1. Describing the formation of a conidium by the blowing out process of a fertile hypha before being limited by a septum.

2. Colloquial term for osteoblastic.

Origin: G. Blastos, germ + -ic

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