See Also: Desmarres' dacryoliths(medicine)
Desmarres, Louis(medicine)
Nocardia dacryoliths(medicine)

viseme (iou) and Desmarres' dacryoliths (medicine)


viseme (iou)



viseme noun. M20.
[from VIS(UAL + -EME.]
Orig., a recognizable visible contrastive movement of the lips. Now more generally, the movement of the lips made whilst speaking that corresponds to the phoneme prounounced.

Desmarres' dacryoliths (medicine)


Desmarres' dacryoliths -->
Nocardia dacryoliths
White pseudoconcretions, composed of masses of Nocardia species found in the lacrimal canaliculi.

Synonym: Desmarres' dacryoliths.