See Also: homoplastic(medicine)
homoplastic(dictionary)
homoplastic graft(medicine)
travail(medicine)
travail(1)(dictionary)
travail(3)(dictionary)
travail(4)(dictionary)
travail(dictionary)
TRAVAIL(law)

travail(4) (iou) and homoplastic (iou)


travail(4) (iou)



travail verb. Also Travel. See also Travel verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French travailler from Proto-Romance verb from medieval Latin trepalium instrument of torture, prob. from Latin tres three + palus stake.]
I.
verb trans. Torment, distress, afflict; weary, tire. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
verb intrans. & refl. Exert or apply oneself, work hard, toil. (Foll. by about, for, in, to do.) arch. ME.
b. verb trans. Put to work; employ. LME-M17.
c. verb intrans. Gain knowledge in a subject through study. Chiefly as travailed ppl adjective. M16-M18.
verb intrans. Suffer the pains of Childbirth; be in labour. ME.
II. See Travel verb.

homoplastic (iou)



homoplastic adjective. L19.
[from HOMO- + Greek plastos moulded + -IC.]
Biology. Of a trait or character: having a similar structure but not a common origin; analogous. L19.
Biology & Medicine. Of or involving tissue grafted from one individual to (the equivalent site in) another of the same species. E20.
'homoplasty noun homoplastic transplantation E20.