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Sistine (iou) and Durham's tube (medicine)


Sistine (iou)



Sistine adjective & noun. L18.
[from Italian sistino of Sixtus (see below): see -INE1. Cf. SIXTINE.]
A. adjective. Pertaining to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) or the chapel built by him; gen. pertaining to any of the Popes called Sixtus. L18.
Sistine Chapel a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built for Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and Other painters.
b. noun ellipt. The Sistine Chapel. L19.

Durham's tube (medicine)


Durham's tube


A jointed tracheotomy tube.