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hanger(2) (iou) and botulinum toxin type a (medicine)


hanger(2) (iou)



hanger noun2. LME.
[from HANG verb + -ER1.]
A person who hangs (someone or something); spec.:
a. A person who kills or causes another to be killed by hanging, esp. as a form of capital punishment; one who advocates this. LME.
I. McEwan He decided to speak against the hangers in the annual punishment debate.
b. A person who causes a thing to be suspended or fastened on; spec. one who selects and hangs pictures for an exhibition. L18.
Something that hangs down or is suspended. LME.
A device by or on which something is hung; a support. E16.
coat-hanger.
J. S. Foster Floor joists..should preferably not be supported by metal hangers.
b. A loop or strap on a sword-belt for hanging the sword from. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
c. A chain or rod in a fireplace for suspending a pot or kettle from by means of a pot-hook. Also, (a child's name for) a stroke with a double curve made in learning to write (chiefly in pot-hooks and hangers). L16.
d. A loop by which something, esp. a garment, is hung up. L17.
e. A coat-hanger. L19.
P. Roth Then from a hanger she took down a plaid hooded jacket.
Something that overhangs; Mining the rock over a lode or vein. M17.
Comb.: hanger-back a person who hangs back; hanger-on (freq. derog.) a follower, a dependant.

botulinum toxin type a (medicine)


botulinum toxin type a
<chemical> A neurotoxin produced by clostridium botulinum. When consumed in contaminated Food it can cause paralysis and death. In its purified form, it has been used in the treatment of blepharospasm and strabismus.

Pharmacological action: neuromuscular agents.