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lark 1, noun (oh) and leukotaxis (medicine)


lark 1, noun (oh)



[Sense: 1,5; Origin: Old English lawerce]
[Sense: 2-4; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: lark 'to play around' (19-21 centuries), perhaps from lake 'to play' (11-20 centuries) (from Old English lacan), or from LARK2]
a small brown singing bird with long pointed wings
-synonym skylark skylark
informal something that you do to amuse yourself or as a joke
as/for a lark
::I only went along for a lark.
blow/sod/bugger etc that for a lark
BrE spoken not polite used when you stop doing something or refuse to do something because it needs too much effort
::Paint the whole room? Sod that for a lark!
BrE spoken used to describe an activity that you think is silly or difficult
::Salad again? How long are you going to keep up this healthy eating lark?
be up with the lark
to get up very early

leukotaxis (medicine)


leukotaxis -->
leukocytotaxia


1. The active ameboid movement of leukocytes, especially the neutrophilic granulocytes, either toward (positive leukocytotaxia) or away from (negative leukocytotaxia) certain microorganisms as well as various substances frequently formed in inflamed tissue.

2. The property of attracting or repelling leukocytes.

Synonym: leukocytaxia, leukocytaxis, leukotaxia, leukotaxis.

Origin: Leukocyte + G. Taxis, arrangement