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SWISS(tourism)
Swiss(dictionary)
Swiss roll(dictionary)
Swiss Gourmet(tourism)
Swiss Exchange(money)
Swiss steak(dictionary)
Swiss code(tourism)

leukocidins (medicine) and Swiss (iou)


leukocidins (medicine)


leukocidins
Substances that are toxic to leukocytes. Specifically exotoxins produced by some pathogenic staphylococci and streptococci that destroy leukocytes by lysis of the cytoplasmic granules and are partially responsible for the pathogenicity of the organisms.


Swiss (iou)



Swiss noun & adjective. E16.
[French Suisse from Middle High German Swiz Switzerland (German Schweiz). Cf. SWITZER.]
A. noun. Pl. same, -es.
A native or inhabitant of Switzerland, a country in central Europe. E16.
A dialect of German, French, or Italian used in Switzerland. rare. M19.
= Swiss muslin below. L19.
A tournament played according to the Swiss system (see sense B.2 below). M20.
b. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, associated with, or characteristic of the Swiss or Switzerland. M16.
Designating a system of organizing (esp. bridge or chess) tournaments, in which after the first round each player or team is matched against an opponent with a similar score, but no two opponents may meet more than once. M20.
Special collocations & comb.: Swiss Army knife a penknife incorporating several blades and Other tools such as scissors and screwdrivers. Swiss bank a bank in Switzerland at which clients' anonymity and Security are preserved by a system of numbered accounts. Swiss banker: who works in a Swiss bank. Swiss CHARD. Swiss cheese noun & adjectival phr. (a) noun phr. cheese from Switzerland, freq. characterized by large holes; (b) adjectival phr. characteristic of Swiss cheese, characterized by large holes or spaces; Swiss cheese plant, an evergreen Central American climbing plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, grown as a house-plant for its large ovate perforated leaves. Swiss cottage a chalet. Swiss cream a type of trifle. Swiss darning a technique in which coloured stitches are sewn on to knitted garments to make patterns or motifs that seem to have been knitted. Swiss file a small fine-cut file. Swiss-German adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to Schweizerdeutsch or the part of Switzerland where this is spoken; (b) noun a native or inhabitant of the part of Switzerland where Schweizerdeutsch is spoken (cf. German-Swiss s.v. German noun1 & adjective1). Swiss guard sing. & in pl. Swiss mercenaries employed as a special guard, formerly by sovereigns of France etc., now only at the Vatican. Swiss muslin a thin crisp plain-weave muslin, freq. ornamented with dots or figures. Swiss roll a cylindrical cake with a spiral cross-section made from a flat piece of sponge cake spread with jam etc. and rolled up. Swiss steak N. Amer. a dish of (usu. less tender) steak that has been floured, pounded, and cooked by braising with Vegetables; a cut of meat suitable for Cooking in this way. Swiss stone pine: see stone pine s.v. STONE noun.
Swisser noun a Swiss person M16-M18.
Swissess noun (rare) a Swiss woman or girl L18.