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univocal(dictionary)

marasmus (iou) and univocal (medicine)


marasmus (iou)



marasmus noun. M17.
[mod. Latin from Greek marasmos, from marainein waste away.]
Severe loss of weight in a person, esp. an undernourished child; Medicine the condition in a child of having a weight less than 60 per cent of the normal for his or her age.

univocal (medicine)


univocal


1. Having one meaning only; contrasted with equivocal.

2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in Music. See Unison.

3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.

4. Unequivocal; indubitable.

Origin: L. Univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One, and Voice.

Source: Websters Dictionary