See Also: pteron(medicine)

verminate (iou) and pteron (medicine)


verminate (iou)



verminate verb intrans. rare. L17.
[Latin verminat- pa. ppl stem of verminare have worms, from vermis worm: see -ATE3.]
Breed or become infested with parasites. Chiefly as verminating ppl adjective.

pteron (medicine)


pteron
<anatomy> The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each Other.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A wing.

Source: Websters Dictionary