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Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
convention(dictionary)
convention(dictionary)
Convention (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Gastein, Convention of(encyclopedia)
Hartford Convention(encyclopedia)
Montreux Convention(encyclopedia)
Convention statement(finance)
National Convention(encyclopedia)

domatia (medicine) and convention (oh)


domatia (medicine)


domatia
<botany> Small structures on the lower surface of a leaf in some woody dicotyledons, usually consisting of depressions, partly enclosed by leaf tissue or hairs, located in the axils of the primary veins. Sing. Domatium.


convention (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Latin conventio, from convenire; CONVENIENT]
[C] a large formal meeting for people who belong to the same profession or organization or who have the same interests
::a teachers' convention
::the city's new convention center
::a convention for science Fiction fans
[C] a formal agreement, especially between countries, about particular rules or behaviour
-synonym pact pact, treaty treaty convention on
::the European convention on human rights
[U and C] behaviour and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal and right
-synonym custom custom
::Playing together teaches children social conventions such as sharing.
::They defied the conventions of the time by living together without being married.
by convention
::By convention, the bride's father gives her away at her wedding.
[C] a method or style often used in literature, Art, the theatre etc to achieve a particular effect
::the conventions of the nineteenth century novel