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ear lobe (medicine)


ear lobe


The lowest part of the auricle; it consists of fat and fibrous tissue not reinforced by the auricular cartilage.

Synonym: lobulus auriculae, lobule of auricle.


while(2) (iou)



while noun.
[Old English hwil = Old Frisian hwile, Old Saxon hwil(a) time, Old High German (h)wila point or period of time (Dutch wijl, German Weile), Old Norse hvila bed, Gothic hweila time, from Germanic, from Indo-European base repr. also by Latin quies QUIET noun, tranquillus TRANQUIL.]
I.
A period of time, considered with respect to its duration; esp. a (relatively) short period of time. OE.
S. Bellow The refrigerator..would take a while to get cold. J. Higgins This rain's with us for a while yet. G. Swift I was Home for a brief while in the summer.
b. The duration of or time needed for a specified activity. Long arch. LME.
Shakespeare Venus & Adonis It shall..Bud and be blasted in a breathing while.
Used adverbially.
a. With indef. article & freq. adjective of quantity: for a (long, short, etc.) time. See also AWHILE. OE.
M. Sinclair She stood a little while, looking out.
b. With def. article: in the meantime, meanwhile. OE.
E. Blyton Joanna..listened to their adventures..getting the lunch ready all the while. M. M. Kaye He had pressed refreshments on them, talking volubly the while.
c. With that, this: during that or this time. Now only preceded by all. L15.
With def. article, used as conjunction: during the time that, while. arch. OE.
Keats Beseeching him, the while his hand she wrung.
Sufficient or available time, leisure. ME-M17.
P. Holland If they might have had while and time as well to follow it.
spec. The time spent (connoting trouble, effort, or work) in doing something. obsolete exc. in phrs. below. LME.
II.
A time when something happens or is done, an occasion. Formerly also, a proper or suitable time. Also used adverbially. Now arch. & dial. OE.
R. L. Stevenson There are whiles..when ye are altogether too canny.
Phrases: all the while during the whole time (that). at whiles at times, sometimes. between-whiles: see BETWEEN adverb. once in a while: see ONCE adverb etc. one while (a) at one time, on one occasion; (b) US a long time. worth one's while, (arch.) worth the while worth the time or effort spent; worth doing, profitable, advantageous.
whilie noun (Scot.) a short time E19.