See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
avow(1)(dictionary)
avow(dictionary)
avow(3)(dictionary)
avow(2)(dictionary)
AVOW or ADVOW, practice(law)
disease, plummer's(medicine)
Plummer's disease(medicine)
Plummer, Henry(medicine)
Plummer's dilator(medicine)

Plummer's dilator (medicine) and avow(2) (iou)


Plummer's dilator (medicine)


Plummer's dilator


An instrument for dilating the lower end of the oesophagus in cardiospasm; it consists of a rubber tube with a perforated metal tip, and a dilatable elongated balloon near its lower end; in difficult cases the tube is threaded along a guiding thread swallowed by the patient.


avow(2) (iou)



avow noun. arch. ME.
[from AVOW verb2.]
A vow, a solemn promise. ME.
A votive offering. Only in LME.