See Also: paxillus(medicine)

Alfredo (iou) and paxillus (medicine)


Alfredo (iou)



Alfredo adjective. L20.
[Alfredo di Lelio (b. 1893), Italian chef and restaurateur, who invented the sauce.]
Denoting a dressing for pasta, orig. consisting of butter and grated Parmesan cheese but now usu. a sauce incorporating butter, cream, garlic, and Parmesan. Freq. postpositive, in fettucine Alfredo.

paxillus (medicine)


paxillus


Origin: L, a peg.

<zoology> One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules.

Source: Websters Dictionary