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psychoneuroimmunology (medicine)


psychoneuroimmunology
<study> The study of the connection between the mind and the immune system, incorporating methods to use the bodys inherent healing abilities.


bolt(2) (iou)



bolt noun1.
[Old English bolt = Middle Low German bolte(n) bolt, fetter, Middle & mod. Dutch bout, Old High German bolz (German Bolzen) arrow, bolt for a door: of unkn. origin.]
I. A projectile.
An arrow, esp. a short heavy one for a crossbow. OE.
have shot one's bolt fig. have done all one can.
A discharge of lightning with a clap of thunder. (Earlier in THUNDERBOLT.) L16.
bolt from the blue, bolt out of the blue fig. something completely unexpected.
II.
A stout pin for fastening; a door-fastening comprising a sliding bar and a socket on a jamb, lintel, or threshold; a metal pin with a head for holding things together, usu. secured with a nut or riveted. ME.
expansion bolt, joint bolt, safety-bolt, screw-bolt, toggle-bolt, etc. nuts and bolts: see NUT noun.
A fetter. L15-L17.
The sliding piece of the breech mechanism of a rifle. M19.
III.
A measure of rolled fabric. ME.
A bundle of osiers etc. of a certain size. ME.
Comb.: bolt-head (a) the head of a bolt; (b) arch. a long-necked globular flask used in distillation; bolt-rope a rope sewn round the edge of a sail to prevent tearing.
boltless adjective M19.