See Also: ozaena(dictionary)

vaporetto (iou) and ozaena (iou)


vaporetto (iou)



vaporetto noun. , -ttos. E20.
[Italian = small steamboat, dim. of vapore from Latin vapor steam: see VAPOUR noun.]
In Venice, a canal boat (orig. a steamboat, now a motor-boat) used for public transport.

ozaena (iou)



ozaena noun. Also *ozena. LME.
[Latin from Greek ozaina, from ozein to smell.]
Medicine. A fetid discharge from the nose due to ulceration and atrophy of the mucous membrane and bone.