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telephone theory (medicine)


telephone theory


A theory of pitch perception which states that the cochlea possesses no faculty of sound analysis, but that the frequency of the impulses transmitted over the auditory nerve fibres corresponds to the frequency of the sound vibrations, and is the sole basis for pitch discrimination; a theory no longer tenable.


immortal (iou)



immortal adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin immortalis undying (also as noun pl., the gods), formed as IM-2 + mortalis MORTAL adjective.]
A. adjective.
Not mortal; undying, living for ever. LME.
F. Hoyle Such 'primitive' cells are potentially immortal, dying only in adverse conditions.
b. Of or pertaining to immortal beings or immortality; divine. M16.
Everlasting, eternal, unfading, imperishable; spec. (of fame or someone or something famous) remembered or celebrated forever. L15.
the Immortal Memory: see MEMORY.
E. Bowen Everything,..would stay sealed up, immortal, in an inner room in his consciousness.
b. noun.
An immortal being; esp. in pl., the gods of classical antiquity. M17.
(Immortal.) In pl. The royal bodyguard of ancient Persia. E19.
A person of enduring fame; spec. (Immortal) a member of the Academie Fran?aise. L19.
immortalism noun (rare) belief in immortality L18.
immortalist noun a person who believes in immortality M17.
immortally adverb L15.