See Also: thoracodorsal(medicine)
thoracodorsal artery(medicine)
thoracodorsal nerve(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
pelt(medicine)
pelt(dictionary)
pelt(4)(dictionary)
pelt(1)(dictionary)
pelt(3)(dictionary)
pelt(2)(dictionary)

thoracodorsal nerve (medicine) and pelt(1) (iou)


thoracodorsal nerve (medicine)


thoracodorsal nerve
<anatomy, nerve> Arises from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus; it contains fibres from the sixth, seventh, and eighth cervical nerves and supplies the latissimus dorsi muscle.

Synonym: nervus thoracodorsalis, long subscapular nerve.


pelt(1) (iou)



pelt noun1. ME.
[Perh. var. of PELLET noun2 or shortened form of PELTRY noun1.]
The dressed or undressed skin of an animal with the wool, hair, etc., still on; a fell. ME.
J. Clavell He..worked the pelt around to bring the naked back legs out through the belly slit. fig.: N. Gordimer The long white pelt of a carpet with the feel of soft grass.
spec. The raw skin of an animal (esp. a sheep) stripped ready for tanning. M16.
A garment made of an animal pelt or animal pelts. M16-M17.
The human skin, esp. when bare. Now joc. E17.
in one's pelt naked.
The dead quarry of a hawk. E17.
Comb.: peltmonger arch. a dealer in pelts; pelt-wool wool pulled from the skin of a dead sheep.