See Also: pestiferous(medicine)
pestiferous(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Gelatinous(medicine)
gelatinous(dictionary)
gelatinous(dictionary)
gelatinous polyp(medicine)
gelatinous lesion(medicine)
gelatinous infiltration(medicine)
gelatinous ascites(medicine)

gelatinous nucleus (medicine) and pestiferous (iou)


gelatinous nucleus (medicine)


gelatinous nucleus -->
nucleus pulposus


The soft fibrocartilage central portion of the intervertebral disk; regarded as a derivative of the notochord.

Synonym: gelatinous nucleus, nucleus gelatinosus, vertebral pulp.


pestiferous (iou)



pestiferous adjective. LME.
[In branch I from Latin pestifer, from pestis plague + -fer: see -FEROUS. In branch II from French pestifere.]
I.
Bringing or producing plague, pestilent; harmful, noxious, deadly. LME.
fig. Bearing moral contagion; pernicious. Now also (colloq.), irritating, annoying, constituting a pest or nuisance. LME.
II.
Afflicted with a contagious disease, esp. the plague. M17.
pestiferously adverb M19.