See Also: bicornuate(medicine)
Bicornuate(health)

Malabar (iou) and bicornuate (medicine)


Malabar (iou)



Malabar noun & adjective. L16.
[A coastal district of SW India.]
A. noun. Chiefly Hist.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Malabar coast, SW India. Also, a Tamil. L16.
2. The language of the Malabar coast, Malayalam. Also, Tamil. E19.
3. A brightly coloured cotton handkerchief. L19.
B. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Malabar coast; Tamil. L17.
Malabar nightshade: see NIGHTSHADE. Malabar plum (the fruit of) the rose apple, Syzygium jambos. Malabar spinach = Malabar nightshade s.v. NIGHTSHADE.
Malabaric adjective & noun (now rare) (a) adjective = MALABAR adjective; (b) noun = MALABAR noun 2: E18.

bicornuate (medicine)


bicornuate


Having two horns or horn-shaped branches. The uterus (normally unicornuate) can sometimes be bicornuate (with two branches, e.g., one at about 10:30 and the Other at about 1:30).