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thermoregulator (medicine)


thermoregulator -->
thermostat
<physics> A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.

Origin: Thermo- + Gr. To make to stand.

Source: Websters Dictionary


acrotheca (medicine)


acrotheca


1. Former name for Rhinocladiella.

2. In fungi, a type of spore formation characteristic of the genus Fonsecaea, in which conidia are formed along the ends and sides of irregular club-shaped conidiophores.

Origin: acro-+ G. Theke, box, case