See Also: lyrated(medicine)

zinkenite (iou) and lyrated (medicine)


zinkenite (iou)



zinkenite noun. Also zinckenite. M19.
[from J. K. L. Zincken (d. 1862), German mine-director + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A sulphide of antimony and lead, occurring in steel-grey fibrous or feathering masses.

lyrated (medicine)


lyrated


1. <botany> Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.

2. <zoology> Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.

Origin: NL. Lyratus. See Lyre.

Source: Websters Dictionary