See Also: myostroma(medicine)

obduction (iou) and myostroma (medicine)


obduction (iou)



obduction noun. L16.
[Latin obductio(n-), formed as OBDUCT: see -ION.]
The action of covering or enveloping. L16-M17.
Geology. The movement of a lithospheric plate sideways and upwards over the margin of an adjacent plate. L20.

myostroma (medicine)


myostroma


The supporting connective tissue or framework of muscular tissue.

Origin: myo-+ G. Stroma, mattress