See Also: lanioid(medicine)

defalcation (iou) and lanioid (medicine)


defalcation (iou)



defalcation noun. LME.
[medieval Latin defalcatio(n-), formed as DEFALCATE: see -ATION.]
The action of cutting off or subtracting; a deduction. LME-M19.
Reduction of a whole by taking away a part, spec. of an account etc. by an amount set against it. L15-M19.
Diminution suffered or sustained. arch. M17.
Falling away, defection; shortcoming, failure. M18.
(An act of) misappropriation of money or Other property by a person to whom it is entrusted; sing. & (usu.) in pl., an amount misappropriated. M19.

lanioid (medicine)


lanioid
<zoology> Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidae).

Origin: NL. Lanius (fr. L. Lanius a butcher), the typical genus.

Source: Websters Dictionary