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retrocession (medicine) and trivet (medicine)


retrocession (medicine)


retrocession


1. The act of retroceding.

2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back.

3. <medicine> Metastasis of an eruption or a tumour from the surface to the interior of the body.

Origin: Cf. F. Retrocession. See Retrocede.

Source: Websters Dictionary


trivet (medicine)


trivet


1. A tree-legged stool, table, or Other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod.

Alternative forms: trevet.

2. A weaver's knife. See Trevat. Trivet table, a table supported by three legs.

Origin: Probably through French fr. L. Tripes, -edis, three-footed; tri- (see Tri-)+ pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. Trepied. See Foot, and cf. Tripod.

Source: Websters Dictionary