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Bernays' sponge (medicine) and cercopithecoid (iou)


Bernays' sponge (medicine)


Bernays' sponge


A compressed disk of aseptic cotton that swells when moistened; used in packing cavities.


cercopithecoid (iou)



cercopithecoid adjective & noun. L19.
[from Latin cercopithecus from Greek kerkopithekos a long-tailed monkey, from kerkos tail + pithekos ape: see -OID.]
Zoology.
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea, which comprises the Old World monkeys. L19.
B. noun. A cercopithecoid monkey. M20.
cercopithecine adjective & noun (a) adjective of, pertaining to, or designating the Cercopithecinae, a subfamily of the Cercopithoidea including the macaques, mangabeys, baboons, and guenons; (b) noun a cercopithecine monkey: M20.