See Also: piloid(medicine)
piloid gliosis(medicine)
piloid astrocytoma(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
quarter day(dictionary)
QUARTER DAY(law)
Quarter(medicine)
Quarter(casino)

piloid gliosis (medicine) and quarter(2) (iou)


piloid gliosis (medicine)


piloid gliosis


An area of chronic, reactive astrocytosis composed of thin, hairlike cells in vaguely parallel array.


quarter(2) (iou)



quarter verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Cut into quarters; divide into four equal or corresponding parts; spec. (Hist.) divide (a human body) into four parts after execution. LME.
K. O'Hara I think there's enough..If we just quarter the tomatoes.
verb trans. Divide into parts fewer or more than four. LME.
verb trans. Heraldry. Place or bear (a coat of arms) quarterly on a shield; add (another's coat) to one's hereditary arms; place in alternate quarters with; divide (a shield) into four or more parts by vertical and horizontal lines. L15.
be quartered by be a quartering of. be quartered with be marshalled with (in a quartered shield).
verb trans.
a. Put (troops etc.) into quarters; station or lodge in a particular place. L16.
B. Malamud A detachment of Ural Cossacks quartered in Kiev. P. Scott Smith's Hotel where we were quartered throughout the war.
b. Impose (troops etc.) on a householder, town, etc., to be lodged and fed. Foll. by on, upon. M17.
E. Waugh Micky bit the wife of the roadman on whom he was quartered.
verb intrans. Take up quarters; stay, reside, lodge. L16.
Defoe The man in whose house I quartered was exceedingly civil.
verb trans. Building. Construct (a wall or partition) with quarters of wood. L16.
verb intrans. Nautical. Sail with the wind on the quarter or between beam and stern. E17.
verb trans. Nautical. Assign (crew members) to a particular quarter on board ship; station for action. L17.
a. verb trans. Esp. of a hunting dog or bird of prey: range over or traverse (ground etc.) in every direction. E18.
J. Buchan My pursuers were patiently quartering the hillside and moving upwards. J. Wainwright A police helicopter was quartering the area. Bird Watching Several..owls have appeared and quarter the rough ground in search of rodents.
b. verb intrans. Range to and fro; shift from point to point. M19.
c. verb intrans. Move in a slanting direction. L19.
verb intrans. Of the moon: pass from one quarter to another. Also foll. by in. L18.
verb intrans.
a. Drive a cart or carriage so that the right and left wheels are on the quarters of an unsurfaced road, with a rut between. Also, (of a horse) walk with the feet so placed. Now arch. & dial. E19.
b. Drive a cart or carriage to the side to allow another vehicle to pass. arch. M19.
quarterer noun a person who quarters, esp. a person who takes up quarters or lodgings: M17.