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Interference (medicine) and sarracenia (medicine)


Interference (medicine)


interference
Opposition or hampering of an action or procedure.

Origin: L. Ferire = to strike


sarracenia (medicine)


sarracenia
<botany> A genus of American perrenial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.

They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style. Sarracenia purpurea, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; S. Flava, rubra, Drummondii, variolaris, and psittacina are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves.

Origin: NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.

Source: Websters Dictionary