See Also: polyandrian(medicine)

abyss (oh) and polyandrian (medicine)


abyss (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: abyssus, from Greek, from abyssos 'bottomless', from a- 'without' + byssos 'depth']
a very dangerous or frightening situation
abyss of
::The country might plunge into the abyss of economic ruin.
::At that time Bosnia was standing on the edge of an abyss .
a deep empty hole in the ground
a very big difference that separates two people or groups
::the gaping abyss between these grand buildings and my own miserable Home

polyandrian (medicine)


polyandrian
<botany> Polyandrous.

Source: Websters Dictionary