See Also: gubernaculum(medicine)
gubernaculum(dictionary)
Hunter's gubernaculum(medicine)
gubernaculum dentis(medicine)
gubernaculum testis(medicine)

synaesthesia (iou) and gubernaculum (iou)


synaesthesia (iou)



synaesthesia noun. . L19.
[from SYN- after anaesthesia.]
Psychology. The production of a mental sense-impression relating to one sense by the stimulation of another sense, as in coloured hearing. Also, a sensation produced in one part of the body by stimulation of another part. L19.
The use of metaphors in which terms relating to one kind of sense-impression are used to describe sense-impressions of Other kinds. M20.
Linguistics.
a. The expression of more than one kind of sense-impression by the same word. M20.
b. The transfer of the meaning of a word from one kind of sensory experience to another. M20.
c. = PHONAESTHESIA. L20.

gubernaculum (iou)



gubernaculum noun. . M17.
[Latin = steering-oar, from gubernare steer, govern: see GOVERN, -CULUM.]
Some part of an insect. Only in M17.
Anatomy. Each of a pair of fibrous strands in the male foetus that connect the testes to the scrotum and guide their descent into it. L18.
Anatomy. A band of fibrous tissue joining a permanent tooth follicle to the gum during the early development of the tooth. M19.
gubernacular adjective L19.