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hemothorax (medicine) and cedar (iou)


hemothorax (medicine)


hemothorax
<medicine> An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.

Origin: NL. See Hemo-, and Thorax.

Source: Websters Dictionary


cedar (iou)



cedar noun. OE.
[(Old French cedre from) Latin cedrus from Greek kedros.]
An evergreen conifer of the genus Cedrus; esp. Cedrus libani (more fully cedar of Lebanon), native to Asia Minor. Also cedar tree. OE.
Indian cedar = DEODAR.
b. The fragrant durable wood of such a tree. ME.
Any of various trees more or less similar to this; the wood of these trees; esp. = red cedar (a) s.v. RED adjective. LME.
Bermuda cedar, Japanese cedar, sharp cedar, stinking cedar, white cedar, etc.
Comb.: cedar-bird a N. American waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum; cedar tree: see sense 1 above; cedar waxwing = cedar-bird above.
cedared adjective (poet.) marked by the presence of cedars E19.
cedarn adjective (poet.) of cedars or cedar wood M17.
cedrine adjective of or pertaining to cedar M-L18.