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Incompetence (medicine) and nematocyst (iou)


Incompetence (medicine)


incompetence
Physical or mental inadequacy or insufficiency.

Origin: L. Competens = sufficient


nematocyst (iou)



nematocyst noun. L19.
[formed as NEMATOCIDE + CYST.]
Zoology. A small organ contained in cells on the body surface of jellyfishes and Other coelenterates, containing a coiled thread, freq. barbed or poisoned, which is ejected as a defence or to capture prey. Also called lasso-cell, thread-cell.