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pleo-(medicine)
loom(5)(dictionary)
loom(6)(dictionary)
loom(4)(dictionary)
loom(3)(dictionary)
loom(2)(dictionary)
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loom(medicine)
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pleo- (iou) and loom(1) (iou)


pleo- (iou)



pleo- combining form.
[Greek, combining form of pleon poet. var. of pleion, -on: see -O-. See also PLEIO-. Cf. PLIO-.]
Having more than a certain or the usual number.
pleocy'tosis noun (Medicine) the presence of an abnormally large number of cells (spec. of lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid) E20.
pleo'mastia noun (Medicine) the possession of more than the usual number of mammae or nipples E20.

loom(1) (iou)



loom noun1. [lu:m]

gen. An implement, a tool. obsolete exc. Scot. & north. OE.
b. The penis. LME-M16.
c. = HEIRLOOM. LME-E19.
An open vessel, as a bucket, tub, vat, etc. obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
A machine in which yarn or thread is woven into fabric by the crossing of vertical and horizontal threads (called respectively the warp and weft). LME.
circular loom, hand loom, Jacquard loom, power loom, etc.
fig.: T. Nashe Spiders..wont to set vp their loomes in euery windowe.
The Art, business, or process of weaving. Chiefly literary. L17.
Tennyson Display'd a splendid silk of foreign loom.
Electricity.
a. Flexible tubing fitted over an ordinary insulated wire to provide additional protection. E20.
b. A group of parallel insulated wires bound together into a bundle. M20.