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tutty (medicine)


tutty
<chemistry> A yellow or brown amorphous substance obtained as a sublimation product in the flues of smelting furnaces of zinc, and consisting of a crude zinc oxide.

Origin: F. Tutie; cf. Sp. Tutia, atutia, LL. Tutia; all from Per. Tutiya.

Source: Websters Dictionary


annular sphincter (medicine)


annular sphincter


A short thickening of circular muscular fibres, similar to a ring; a ring-shaped sphincter as opposed to a segmental sphincter.