See Also: nodi lymphatici lumbales dextri(medicine)
nodi lymphatici lumbales sinistri(medicine)
nodi lymphatici lumbales intermedii(medicine)
nodi lymphatici prelaryngeales(medicine)
nodi lymphatici prepericardiales(medicine)
nodi lymphatici pretracheales(medicine)
nodi lymphatici prevertebrales(medicine)
nodi lymphatici promontorii(medicine)
nodi lymphatici cubitales(medicine)
nodi lymphatici pulmonales(medicine)

nodi lymphatici lumbales intermedii (medicine) and feed(2) (iou)


nodi lymphatici lumbales intermedii (medicine)


nodi lymphatici lumbales intermedii -->
intermediate lumbar lymph nodes


The chain of lymph nodes located between the aorta and the inferior vena cava.

Synonym: nodi lymphatici lumbales intermedii, lumbar lymph nodes.


feed(2) (iou)



feed verb1. .

I. verb trans.
Give Food to, supply with Food; suckle. OE.
E. M. Forster Tom shall feed us on eggs and milk.
b. Put Food into the mouth of. LME.
refl.: H. D. Traill His meal might be served up to him on costly dishes, but he fed himself with his fingers.
c. Graze, pasture, (cattle etc.). LME-M18.
Provide with nourishment or sustenance; support. OE.
I. Watts God..feeds the strength of every Saint.
Serve as Food or sustenance for. ME.
Fill with Food, pamper; fatten up (cattle etc.). ME.
Keep continuously supplied (with water, fuel, working material, etc.); insert further coins etc. into (a meter) for continued functioning. ME.
J. Barlow She..fed The turning spindle with the twisting thread. P. Theroux There was a swimming pool nearby, fed by a waterfall.
b. Relay or supply electrical signals or power to, esp. as part of a larger network or system. L19.
c. Football etc. Give a pass or passes to. L19.
d. Theatrical. Supply (an actor etc.) with lines or cues to react to; act as straight man to (a comedian). Cf. earlier FEEDER 11. E20.
e. Jazz. Play an accompaniment for (a soloist); provide as an accompaniment. Orig. US. M20.
Gratify, seek to satisfy (an appetite, passion, etc.); sustain (a person) with hope etc. ME.
J. Marston This morne my vengeance shall be amply fed. R. Knolles Craftily feeding him with the hope of libertie.
Cause to be eaten or grazed by cattle etc.; use (land) as pasture; give as Food (to). M17.
A. Sillitoe He wanted fish to..feed to the cat.
Of cattle etc.: eat, feed on, graze. Also foll. by down, off. E18.
R. Jefferies The sheep have fed it too close for a grip of the hand.
Foll. by back: return by feedback. E20.
II. verb intrans.
Take Food, eat; (of a baby etc.) suckle. Foll. by off, on: consume, be nourished by. ME.
Pope Devouring dogs..fed on his trembling limbs. A. Upfield Cows feeding off the same grass as myxomatized rabbits. Lancet The baby fed well and gained weight.
Of material: pass continuously to, into a machine, reservoir, etc. M17.
Foll. by back: return as feedback. M20.
Phrases: bite the hand that feeds one: see BITE verb. feed a part Theatrical fill out a part with trivial details etc. feed high, feed full and high supply with rich and abundant Food. feed the fishes (a) be drowned; (b) be seasick.
Comb.: feed-forward the modification or control of a process by its anticipated or predicted results or effects (cf. FEEDBACK).
feedable adjective M17.