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pebble (medicine) and parelectronomy (medicine)


pebble (medicine)


pebble


1. A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. "The pebbles on the hungry beach." "As children gathering pebbles on the shore." (Milton)

2. Transparent and colourless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; so called by opticians. Pebble powder, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains. Scotch pebble, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc, obtained from cavities in amygdaloid.

Origin: AS. Papolstan; cf. L. Papula pimple, mote. See Stone.

Source: Websters Dictionary


parelectronomy (medicine)


parelectronomy
<physiology> A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.

Origin: Pref. Para- + electro- + Gr. Law.

Source: Websters Dictionary