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anal sinuses (medicine) and inkhorn (iou)


anal sinuses (medicine)


anal sinuses


The grooves between the anal columns.

Synonym: Morgagni's sinus.

Pockets or crypts in the columnar zone of the anal canal between the anocutaneous line and the anorectal line; the sinuses give the mucosa a scalloped appearance.

Synonym: sinus anales, anal crypts, Morgagni's crypts, rectal sinuses.


inkhorn (iou)



inkhorn noun & adjective. LME.
[from INK noun1 + HORN noun.]
A. noun. Hist. A small portable vessel for holding Writing-ink. LME.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of a term, word, language, etc.: literary, bookish, learned. M16.
inkhornism noun (rare) use of inkhorn terms, pedantry L16.