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great vein of Galen(medicine)
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molasse (medicine) and Galen (iou)


molasse (medicine)


molasse
<geology> A soft Tertiary sandstone; applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland.

Origin: F. Molasse, prob. Fr. Mollasse flabby, flimsy, fr. L. Mollis soft.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Galen (iou)



Galen noun. joc. L16.
[Anglicized from Latin Galenus from Greek Galenos Galen: see below.]
With allusion to Galen, a Pergamene physician and writer at the court of Marcus Aurelius in the 2nd cent. AD: a physician.