See Also: replicable(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
medicine(1)(dictionary)
medicine(2)(dictionary)
medicine(dictionary)
medicine man(encyclopedia)
medicine(encyclopedia)
medicine(dictionary)

Giant (medicine) and replicable (iou)


Giant (medicine)


giant


1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. "Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise."

2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power. Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.

Origin: OE. Giant, geant, geaunt, OF. Jaiant, geant, F. Geant, L. Gigas, fr. Gr, from the root of E. Gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.

Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. Giant cell.

<anatomy> A very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.

<botany> Giant puffball, one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

Source: Websters Dictionary


replicable (iou)



replicable adjective. E16.
[formed as REPLICATE verb + -ABLE.]
Able to be replied to. rare. Only in E16.
Able to be repeated experimentally. M20.
replica'bility noun the state, condition, or property of being experimentally replicable M20.
replicably adverb M20.