See Also: pleurolysis(medicine)

vestiture (iou) and pleurolysis (medicine)


vestiture (iou)



vestiture noun. LME.
[from medieval Latin vestitura, from Latin vestire clothe: see VEST verb, -URE.]
Investiture of a person in office or with power etc. rare. LME.
a. = VESTURE 2. rare. Only in LME.
b. Clothes, clothing, dress. arch. M19.
c. Entomology. The characteristics of an insect's body-surface, as hairs, scales, etc. rare. E20.

pleurolysis (medicine)


pleurolysis


Locating pleural adhesions by the aid of an endoscope and then dividing them with the electric cautery.

Origin: pleuro-+ G. Lysis, dissolution