See Also: polster(medicine)

terna (iou) and polster (medicine)


terna (iou)



terna noun. L19.
[Latin terna (nomina) three (names) at once.]
Roman Catholic Church. A list of three names of candidates for office submitted to the Pope or Other authority to choose from.

polster (medicine)


polster


A bulge of smooth muscle cells, as in the penile arteries and veins, formerly thought to regulate blood flow.

Origin: G. Cushion, bolster