See Also: Hyrtl's anastomosis(medicine)
Hyrtl's foramen(medicine)
Hyrtl's loop(medicine)
Hyrtl's sphincter(medicine)
Hyrtl, Joseph(medicine)
Hyrtl's epitympanic recess(medicine)
walk(2)(dictionary)
Walk away(money)
Walk away(finance)
by-walk(dictionary)

walk-in (iou) and Hyrtl's anastomosis (medicine)


walk-in (iou)



walk-in adjective & noun. E20.
[from WALK verb1 + IN adverb.]
A. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or designating a person able to walk into a place casually or without an appointment; of, pertaining to, or designating a service not requiring an appointment. E20.
Music & Letters 50 per cent of the income was generated by walk-in customers. Sunday Times Family walk-in centres in..inner-cities.
a. Of a storage area: large enough to walk into. M20.
walk-in closet, walk-in larder, walk-in refrigerator, walk-in wardrobe, etc.
b. Of a cinema, bank, etc.: entered on foot, as opp. to a drive-in. N. Amer. M20.
c. Of a room: entered directly rather than through an intervening passage. M20.
b. noun.
A walk-in wardrobe or Other storage area. M20.
A person who defects by walking into a foreign embassy or consulate unsolicited. L20.

Hyrtl's anastomosis (medicine)


Hyrtl's anastomosis -->
Hyrtl's loop


A communicating loop between the right and left hypoglossal nerves, lying between the geniohyoid and genioglossus muscles or in the substance of the geniohyoid; it is found in about one in ten persons.

Synonym: Hyrtl's anastomosis.