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Toss(medicine)
toss-up(dictionary)
toss(1)(dictionary)
toss(2)(dictionary)
Mac and Cheese Toss(recipes)
toss 1, verb(dictionary)
Toss Up - General(gambling)
toss 2, noun(dictionary)
Shrimp and Pasta Toss(recipes)

telodendron (medicine) and toss(1) (iou)


telodendron (medicine)


telodendron


An anomalous term that refers to the terminal arborization of an axon.

Synonym: end-brush.

Origin: G. Telos, end, + dendron, tree


toss(1) (iou)



toss noun. M17.
[from the verb.]
The action or an act of tossing; a throw; a fall from a horse. M17.
G. Boycott Botham won the toss and put West Indies in to bat. Tennis I recommend a toss that reaches its apex just before your racquet meets the ball.
A state of agitation or commotion. M17-M19.
A sudden jerk, esp. of the head; an act of tossing the hair; a mass of hair. L17.
In neg. contexts: a jot, a very small amount. Chiefly in not care a toss, not give a toss. Cf. TOSSER noun 3. colloq. L19.
J. Barnes What makes you think I give a toss about the effing phone bill?
Phrases: argue the toss dispute a decision or opinion. take a toss suffer a fall from a horse.
Comb.: toss pillow US a scatter cushion; toss-up (a) the tossing of a coin; (b) colloq. an even chance; a close thing; a doubtful matter.