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vertebration (iou) and qualm (medicine)


vertebration (iou)



vertebration noun. L19.
[from VERTEBRA + -ATION.]
Vertebral formation; division into segments like those of the spinal column. L19.
fig. Strength, backbone. rare. L19.

qualm (medicine)


qualm


1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. " thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead]" (Chaucer)

2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms of heartsick agony."

3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea. "For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked?" (Roscommon)

4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.

Origin: AS. Cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. Qualm. See Quail to cower.

Source: Websters Dictionary