See Also: lepidoganoid(medicine)

impregnant (iou) and lepidoganoid (medicine)


impregnant (iou)



impregnant adjective & noun. L15.
[Partly from IM-1 + PREGNANT adjective1, partly from late Latin impregnant- pres. ppl stem of impregnare: see IMPREGNATE verb, -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Impregnated, pregnant. L15-E18.
That impregnates, impregnating. arch. rare. E19.
b. noun. A thing which impregnates; spec. a substance used for the impregnation of something else. M17.

lepidoganoid (medicine)


lepidoganoid
<zoology> Any one of a division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes, including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used adjectively.

Origin: Gr, a scale + E. Ganoid.

Source: Websters Dictionary