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crown 2, verb (oh) and pneumolysis (medicine)


crown 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T ]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: coroner, from Latin coronare, from corona; CROWN1]
to place a crown on the head of a new king or queen as part of an official ceremony in which they become king or queen
-see also coronation coronation
::Louis was crowned at Reims in 814.
crown sb (as) king/queen etc
::In 1896 Nicholas was crowned as tsar.
to make something perfect or complete, by adding an achievement etc
crown sb with sth
::a long career crowned with a peaceful retirement
be crowned with sth
literary having something on top
::Almost every hill is crowned with a little walled village.
to put a protective top on a damaged tooth
informal to hit someone on the head

pneumolysis (medicine)


pneumolysis
Separation of the lung and costal pleura from the endothoracic fascia.

Origin: G. Pneumon, lung, + lysis, a loosening