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impregnable(1) (iou)



impregnable adjective1. LME.
[Old French imprenable, formed as IM-2 + prenable takeable, from pren- stem of prendre take from Latin prehendere: see -ABLE; -g- perh. after reign, and Old French vars.]
(Of a fortress etc.) unable to be taken by force; fig. proof against attack, unassailable.
A. MacLean The Schloss Adler is inaccessible and impregnable. It would require a battalion of paratroops to take it. A. Storr She carries within an impregnable conviction of being lovable.
impregna'bility noun M19.
impregnableness noun (long rare) E17.
impregnably adverb E17.

ileectomy (medicine)


ileectomy
<procedure> Removal of the ileum.

Origin: ileum + G. Ektome, excision