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Gem (medicine)


gem


1. <botany> A bud.

2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc, especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.

3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass coloured with metallic oxide.

4. <prefix> Prefix denoting twin substitutions on a single atom; e.g., the gem-dimethyl substitution on carbon-4 of lanosterol.

Origin: shortened form of L. Geminus, twin; OE. Gemme precious stone, F. Gemme, fr. L. Gemma a precious stone, bud.

Source: Websters Dictionary