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Alum (medicine) and epipterygoid (medicine)


Alum (medicine)


alum
<chemistry> A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some Other element (especially. An alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.

Common alum is the double sulphate of aluminium and potassium. It is white, transparent, very astringent, and crystallizes easily in octahedrons. The term is extended so as to include Other double sulphates similar to alum in formula.

Origin: OE. Alum, alom, OF. Alum, F. Alun, fr. L. Alumen alum.

Source: Websters Dictionary


epipterygoid (medicine)


epipterygoid
<anatomy> Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.

An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

Origin: Pref. Epi- + pterygoid.

Source: Websters Dictionary