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wrestling (iou) and aecidium (medicine)


wrestling (iou)



wrestling noun. .

A form of hand-to-hand fighting in which two opponents grapple and try to pin or throw each Other to the ground; esp. such fighting as an athletic contest under a code of rules. OE.
all-in wrestling, Cumberland wrestling, mud-wrestling, sumo wrestling, etc. attrib.: wrestling bout, wrestling match, wrestling ring, etc.
b. A wrestling bout or contest. ME.
fig. The action of striving, struggling, or contending. OE.

aecidium (medicine)


aecidium


Origin: NL, dim. Of Gr. Injury.

<botany> A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

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