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unguiculus (medicine) and polysynthetic (iou)


unguiculus (medicine)


unguiculus


A small nail or claw.

Origin: L. Dim. Of unguis, nail


polysynthetic (iou)



polysynthetic adjective. E19.
[from Greek polusunthetos much compounded, formed as POLY- + sunthetos: see SYNTHETIC.]
Crystallography. Consisting of or characterized by a series of twin crystals united so as to form a laminated structure. E19.
Linguistics. Characterized by polysynthesis. E19.
polysynthetically adverb L19.