See Also: glosso-(medicine)
glosso-(dictionary)

METHOD (law) and glosso- (iou)


METHOD (law)


METHOD. The mode of operating or the means of attaining an object. 2. It has been questioned whether the method of making a thing can be 2. It has been questioned whether the method of making a thing can be patented. But it has been considered that a method or mode may be the patented. But it has been considered that a method or mode may be the subject of a patent, because, when the object of two patents or effects to subject of a patent, because, when the object of two patents or effects to be produced is essentially the same, they may both be valid, if the modes of be produced is essentially the same, they may both be valid, if the modes of attaining the desired effect are essentially different. Dav. Pat. Cas. 290; attaining the desired effect are essentially different. Dav. Pat. Cas. 290; 2 B.

glosso- (iou)



glosso- combining form.
[Greek glosso- combining form of glossa tongue, language, word requiring an explanation (cf. GLOSS noun1): see -O-. Cf. GLOTTO-.]
Forming adjectives and nouns with the senses '(of) the tongue', '(of) glosses or glossaries.'
glosso-epi'glottic adjective pertaining to the tongue and to the epiglottis M19.
glo'ssographer noun a writer of glosses or commentaries E17.
glo'ssography noun the Writing of glosses or commentaries; the compiling of glossaries: E17.
glosso-la'ryngeal adjective pertaining to the tongue and the larynx L19.
glosso-pha'ryngeal adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to the tongue and the pharynx or gullet; (b) noun either of the glosso-pharyngeal or ninth pair of cranial nerves, which supply these organs: E19.
glosso'plegia noun (Medicine) paralysis of the tongue M19.