See Also: Wedge-shaped(medicine)
wedge-shaped tubercle(medicine)
wedge-shaped fasciculus(medicine)
Northwest Passage, the(dictionary)
Northwest Passage(encyclopedia)
passage(2)(dictionary)
Passage(medicine)
passage(1)(dictionary)
passage(dictionary)
PASSAGE(law)

Northwest Passage, the (oh) and Wedge-shaped (medicine)


Northwest Passage, the (oh)



a way by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, going along the northern coast of North America. It was first sailed through by Roald Amundsen in 1903-06
-see also Northeast Passage, the

Wedge-shaped (medicine)


wedge-shaped


1. Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.

2. <botany> Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.

Source: Websters Dictionary