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tributary (iou) and palatomaxillary index (medicine)


tributary (iou)



tributary adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin tributarius, from tributum: see TRIBUTE, -ARY1.]
A. adjective.
Hist. Required to pay or paying a tribute or tax. LME.
Burke As far independent as a tributary prince could be.
Offered or done as a tribute or mark of respect etc. arch. L16.
Shakespeare Titus Andronicus Lo, at this tomb my tributary tears I render.
Subsidiary; spec. (of a stream or river) flowing into a larger river or a lake. E17.
K. Grahame Certain streams tributary to their own river.
b. noun.
Hist. A person paying tribute. LME.
transf. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or a lake. E19.
B. England The main river ran along..with two tributaries on the far side. F. Fitzgerald One of the Mekong tributaries flooded..several provinces.
b. A subsidiary thing. M19.
tributarily adverb M19.
tributariness noun E18.

palatomaxillary index (medicine)


palatomaxillary index
Relation of the palatomaxillary width, measured between the outer borders of the alveolar arch just above the middle of the second molar tooth, and the palatomaxillary length, measured from the alveolar point to the middle of a transverse line touching the posterior borders of the two maxillae: (palatomaxillary width × 100)/palatomaxillary length; it notes the varying forms of the dental arcade and palate.

Synonym: palatal index, palatine index.