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Saenger, M(medicine)
Saenger's macula(medicine)
Saenger's operation(medicine)
Saenger's sign(medicine)
Saenger, Alfred(medicine)
rear(3)(dictionary)
rear(2)(dictionary)
Rear(medicine)
rear(4)(dictionary)

Saenger's macula (medicine) and rear(3) (iou)


Saenger's macula (medicine)


Saenger's macula -->
macula gonorrhoica


A spot of red brighter than the surrounding membrane, at the congested orifice of the duct of Bartholin's gland, sometimes seen in gonorrhoea.

Synonym: Saenger's macula.


rear(3) (iou)



rear verb1.

I. Set upright; make to stand up.
verb trans. Bring into or towards a vertical position, set upright, (now usu. implying a considerable height in the thing when raised). OE.
A. Uttley Long ladders reared against..trees.
b. spec. = RAISE verb 1b. Long obsolete exc. dial. LME.
verb trans. = RAISE verb 4. obsolete exc. dial. OE.
verb trans.
a. = RAISE verb 3. ME-L16.
b. Bring (a person) to, out of, or from a certain condition. LME-E17.
verb trans. = RAISE verb 5. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
verb trans. = RAISE verb 6. E16-M17.
verb trans.
a. Lift (a person or animal) to an erect or standing posture; esp. assist to rise. Now dial. L16.
b. Raise (the body, a limb). L16.
II. Build up, construct, create, produce.
verb trans. = RAISE verb 7. OE.
verb trans. Bring into existence or action; cause to appear, produce. OE-L18.
verb trans.
a. Bring (animals) to maturity or to a certain stage of growth, as by the provision of Food and care; breed and bring to maturity (cattle etc.) as an occupation. Also, raise (plants). LME.
rearing-house a building in which young chickens are kept.
Times Butterflies reared on non-poisonous plants.
b. Care for or be responsible for (a child) to the point of maturity; in pass., be brought up in a particular manner or place. L16.
K. Weatherly Old Sam, born and reared in the bush, a good mate.
III. Cause to move to a higher position.
verb trans. Lift up or upwards, elevate; have or hold in an elevated position; refl. rise to a great height, tower. OE.
rear its head, rear its ugly head = raise its head, raise its ugly head s.v. RAISE verb.
J. Agee Hobe reared up a rock. A. Burgess A snake reared its head from the grass. R. Macaulay Armenian churches..would rear themselves up on rocky heights.
verb trans.
a. Levy, raise, (fines, rents, etc.); raise (an army). LME-L16.
b. Take away from someone. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.
verb trans. Turn or direct (esp. the eyes) upwards. Also foll. by up. LME.
verb trans. Nautical. = RAISE verb 19. M16.
verb trans. = RAISE verb 17. E19.
IV.
verb intrans.
a. Rise up (towards a vertical position or into the air); rise high, tower. Also foll. by up. LME.
Daily Telegraph Moon-mountains rearing to 14,000 feet.
b. Of a quadruped, esp. a horse: rise on the hind legs. LME.
J. Steinbeck Joseph lifted the heavy saddle, and as the tapadero struck the horse's side, it reared.
rearer noun (a) a person who rears something; (b) a horse that rears: LME.