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Meckel's space (medicine) and calumniate (iou)


Meckel's space (medicine)


Meckel's space -->
trigeminal cave


The cleft in the meningeal layer of dura of the middle cranial fossa near the tip of the petrous part of the temporal bone; it encloses the roots of the trigeminal nerve and the trigeminal ganglion.

Synonym: cavum trigeminale, Meckel's cavity, Meckel's space, trigeminal cavity.


calumniate (iou)



calumniate verb. M16.
[Latin calumniat- pa. ppl stem of calumniari, formed as CALUMNY noun: see -ATE3.]
verb trans. Slander, defame, make false charges against. M16.
verb intrans. Utter calumnies. E17-E18.
calumni'ation noun (a) the action of calumniating; (b) a calumny: M16.
calumniator noun a slanderer, a false accuser M16.
calumniatory adjective slanderous E17.