See Also: amylum(medicine)

reimburse (iou) and amylum (medicine)


reimburse (iou)



reimburse verb trans. E17.
[from RE- + IMBURSE, after French rembourser.]
Repay (a sum of money spent); repay or recompense (a person). Also foll. by for, of, or double obj.
Ld Macaulay His friends..proposed to reimburse him the costs of his trial. refl.: Sir W. Scott Resolving to reimburse himself for his losses.
reimbursable adjective that is to be reimbursed; repayable: L18.
,reimbursa'bility noun (rare) the quality of being reimbursable L20.
reimburser noun E17.
reimbursement noun the action of reimbursing a sum or person; (a) repayment: E17.

amylum (medicine)


amylum -->
starch
<biochemistry> Storage carbohydrate of plants, consisting of amylose (a linear _(1-4) glucan) and amylopectin (an _(1-4) glucan with _(1-6) branch points). Present as starch grains in plastids, especially in amyloplasts and chloroplasts.