See Also: intumescentia tympanica(medicine)
intumescentia(medicine)
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cavitas tympanica(medicine)
bulla tympanica(medicine)
arteria tympanica anterior(medicine)
spina tympanica major(medicine)

local(1) (iou) and intumescentia tympanica (medicine)


local(1) (iou)



local adjective & noun2. LME.
[Old & mod. French from late Latin localis, from Latin LOCUS noun1: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Of or affecting a particular part of the body; of or pertaining to a particular place in a system, series, etc., or a particular part of an object. LME.
Belonging to or existing in a particular locality or neighbourhood, esp. a town, county, etc., as opp. to the country as a whole. L15.
D. Wigoder My local G.P...was waiting at the door of my house. L. Cody Anna dutifully followed her round the local shops. USA Today The history of the Cold War and local crises around the world. M. Milner We took the plane to Athens, then the local bus to Delphi.
b. Limited or peculiar to a particular place or places. E17.
a. Pertaining to or concerned with spatial position or extension. Now chiefly in local situation. L15.
J. Priestley The Cartesians..maintain..that spirits have no extension, nor local presence.
b. Having the attribute of spatial position. M16-E18.
c. Grammar. Esp. of a case: relating to place or situation. M19.
Of or pertaining to places (in the geographical sense) or an individual place as such. E17.
Richard Morris The etymology of local names.
Math. Of or pertaining to a locus. Now rare. E18.
Special collocations: local ANAESTHESIA. local anaesthetic: see ANAESTHETIC noun. local area network a network joining Computers in the same building or nearby buildings, by which they can communicate with each Other with enhanced quality and speed owing to their proximity. local authority an administrative body in British local government. local call a telephone call within a prescribed area around a caller's local exchange. local cluster Astronomy a cluster of stars, within the Galaxy, to which the sun belongs. local colour (a) Art the actual colour of a thing in ordinary daylight and uninfluenced by the proximity of Other colours; (b) the detailed representation of the characteristic features of a place or period in order to convey a sense of actuality; such features themselves in real life, picturesque qualities. local content the part of a manufactured product that is made, supplied, or assembled locally. local derby: see DERBY 2b. local exchange the telephone exchange to which a subscriber has a direct line. local government the administration of the affairs of a town, county, etc., by the elected representatives of those who live in it, as opp. to administration by the Government. local group Astronomy the cluster of about twenty galaxies to which our own galaxy belongs. local motion movement from place to place, motion of translation. local option (a) choice at local or district level whether to accept or reject State or national legislation, spec. any allowing or prohibiting the sale of alcoholic liquor. local oscillator an oscillator in a Radio receiver etc. that generates oscillations for heterodyning with an incoming signal. local paper a newspaper distributed only in a certain area and usu. featuring local, as distinct from national, news. local preacher a lay member of the Methodist Church who is authorized to lead worship in the district in which he or she resides. local pub colloq. a public house convenient to a person's Home, a public house serving a locality or community. local Radio Radio broadcasting that serves a local area only. local talent the talented people or (colloq.) the attractive women or men of a particular locality. local time (a) Astronomy time as reckoned from the transit of the mean sun over the meridian of the place concerned; (b) time as reckoned throughout a particular country time zone, esp. with ref. to an event reported from it. local veto: on the sale of alcoholic liquor in a district under the Exercise of a local option.
b. absol. as noun.
A locally applied medicament. Only in LME.
a. A person who is attached by occupation, function, etc., to some particular place or district; esp. = local preacher above. E19.
b. An inhabitant of a particular locality regarded with ref. to that locality. M19.
H. Jacobson She..left him to bore the locals with his explanations of what everything in their village really meant.
An item of local interest in a newspaper; collect. matter of local interest. M19.
A postage stamp current only in a certain district. L19.
A train which serves the stations of a particular district or which stops at all or most of the stations on a line. L19.
A local branch of a trade union. N. Amer. L19.
S. Brill He did legal work for the Teamsters, serving the Detroit local.
= local pub above. colloq. M20.
L. P. Hartley The first thing he usually does..is to pay a visit to the local.
= local anaesthetic s.v. ANAESTHETIC noun. M20.
A person who trades in a financial market on his or her own account. M20.

intumescentia tympanica (medicine)


intumescentia tympanica -->
tympanic enlargement


A swelling, not ganglionic, on the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeus nerve; it is regarded as possibly similar to the carotid glomus.

Synonym: intumescentia tympanica, tympanic intumescence.