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unicorn (iou) and Association (health)


unicorn (iou)



unicorn noun. ME.

A mythical animal with the body of a horse and a single straight horn projecting from its forehead. ME.
T. H. White A unicorn is a Magic animal, and only a maiden can catch it.
A one-horned rhinoceros. LME-L17.
A representation of a unicorn, esp. (Heraldry) with the head, neck, and body of a horse, the legs of a deer, the tail of a lion, and a long spiralled horn growing from its forehead, occurring spec. as a charge or supporter of the Royal Arms of Great Britain (or Scotland). LME.
The designation of one of the pursuivants of the court of the Lyon King of Arms. Scot. LME.
A Scottish gold coin worth 18 shillings Scots current in the 15th and 16th cents., so called from the unicorn stamped on its obverse. Hist. L15.
The narwhal. Also more fully unicorn whale. Now rare. M17.
(Usu. Unicorn.) The minor constellation Monoceros. L18.
A carriage, coach, etc., drawn by three horses, two abreast and one in front. Now usu., a team of three horses so arranged. L18.
Carriage Driving Team entries..comprised two fours, three unicorns and a three-abreast.
Comb.: unicorn auk the rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata; unicorn beetle a rhinoceros beetle; unicorn bird the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta; unicorn-fish (a) (now rare) the narwhal; (b) any of various fishes bearing a spike or projection on the head; esp. a surgeonfish of the genus Naso; a file-fish of the genus Aluterus; unicorn-plant any of several N. American plants, esp. Proboscidea louisianica (family Pedaliaceae), the capsule of which terminates in a long curved beak; unicorn-root US either of two plants with roots having medicinal uses, the blazing star, Aletris farinosa, and the devil's bit, Chamaelirium luteum; unicorn shell (the shell of) any of various marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Acanthina (family Thaididae), which bear a stout tooth at the end of the outer lip and are found off the west coast of America; unicorn's horn (a) a horn supposedly obtained from a unicorn, but actually from a rhinoceros, narwhal, or Other animal, freq. made into a drinking cup and said to prevent poisoning; (b) the material of such a horn used medicinally; unicorn whale: see sense 6 above.

Association (health)


1. In dysmorphology (the study of birth defects), the nonrandom occurrence in two or more individuals of a pattern of multiple anomalies (birth defects) not known to be a malformation syndrome (such as Down syndrome), a malformation sequence (of events) or what is called a polytopic field defect (in which all of the defects are concentrated in one particular area of the body). An example of an association in dysmorphology is the VACTERL association of birth defects. 2. In genetics, the occurrence together of two or more characteristics more often than would be expected by chance alone. An example of association involves a feature on the surface of white blood cells called HLA (HLA stands for human leukocyte antigen). A particular HLA type, HLA type B-27, is associated with an increased risk for a number of diseases including ankylosing spondylitis. The extent of the association is enormous. Ankylosing spondylitis is 87 times more likely to occur in people with HLA B-27 than in the General population.