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bamboo (iou) and mesatipellic pelvis (medicine)


bamboo (iou)



bamboo noun & verb. [bam'bu:] Also (earlier) bambos, bambus, bambous. L16.
[Dutch bamboes, mod. Latin bambusa, ult. from Malay mamby. Forms in -s later taken as pl.]
A. noun.
Any of numerous, mainly tropical, giant grasses belonging to the genus Bambusa and various related genera; the hollow stem of such a plant, used as a stick or as material. L16.
Cane-coloured biscuit porcelain. L18.
A light yellowish brown. M19.
Comb.: bamboo curtain [after iron curtain] a political and economic barrier between China and non-Communist countries; bamboo-fish a small fish, Sarpa salpa, of the family Sparidae, found in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean; bamboo shoot a young shoot of bamboo, eaten as a vegetable.
b. verb trans. Beat with a bamboo; provide with bamboo. E19.

mesatipellic pelvis (medicine)


mesatipellic pelvis


An obsolete term for one in which the anteroposterior and transverse diameters are equal or the transverse diameter is not more than 1 cm longer than the anteroposterior diameter.

Synonym: round pelvis.