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corn-row(dictionary)

subvolution (medicine) and corn-row (iou)


subvolution (medicine)


subvolution


An obsolete term for turning over a flap of mucous membrane, as in the operation for pterygium, to prevent adhesion.

Origin: L. Sub, under, + volvo, pp. Volutus, to turn


corn-row (iou)



corn-row noun & verb. M18.
[from CORN noun1 + ROW noun1.]
A. noun.
A row of Indian corn (maize). N. Amer. M18.
Each of a line of small braids made close to the head, as in the hairstyle of some black people (usu. in pl.); a hairstyle in which the head is covered in this way. L20.
b. verb trans. Arrange (hair) in corn-rows. L20.