See Also: Jacobson(dictionary)
Jacobson's anastomosis(medicine)
Jacobson's canal(medicine)
Jacobson's cartilage(medicine)
Jacobson's nerve(medicine)
Jacobson's organ(medicine)
Jacobson's plexus(medicine)
Jacobson's reflex(medicine)
Jacobson, Ludwig(medicine)

verger (iou) and Jacobson (iou)


verger (iou)



verger noun. Also (now rare) virger. ME.
[Anglo-Norman = Anglo-Latin virgarius, formed as VERGE noun: see -ER2.]
An official who carries a rod or similar symbol of office before a bishop, dean, etc. ME.
An official in a church who acts as caretaker and attendant. E18.
vergeress noun (rare) a female verger or church caretaker L19.
vergerless adjective unaccompanied by or without a verger L19.
vergership noun the office or position of verger L15.

Jacobson (iou)



Jacobson noun. M19.
[Ludwig Levin Jacobson (1783-1843), Danish anatomist and physician.]
Anatomy. Jacobson's nerve, the tympanic nerve, a branch of the glosso-pharyngeal (ninth cranial) nerve. M19.
Zoology. Jacobson's organ, an olfactory organ well-developed in many vertebrates, notably snakes and lizards, occurring as (one of) a pair of sacs or tubes usu. in the roof of the mouth. L19.