See Also: thermoalgesia(medicine)
lower(1)(dictionary)
lower(2)(dictionary)
lower jaw(medicine)
lower lip(medicine)
lower lid(medicine)
Lower(finance)
Lower Management(money)
mean lower low water(medicine)
Lower Limit(money)

lower 1, adjective (oh) and thermoalgesia (medicine)


lower 1, adjective (oh)



[only before noun] below something else, especially below something of the same type
-opposite upper upper
::Nina chewed her lower lip anxiously.
::Ruth went down to the lower deck (=lower level on a ship) .
your lower limbs
(=your legs)
[only before noun] at or near the bottom of something
-opposite upper upper
::the lower slopes of the mountain
::She suffers with pain in her lower back.
smaller in number or amount
-opposite higher higher
::Temperatures will be lower over the weekend.
[only before noun] less important than something else of the same type
-opposite higher higher
::the lower levels of Management

thermoalgesia (medicine)


thermoalgesia -->
thermalgesia
High sensibility to heat; pain caused by a slight degree of heat.

Synonym: thermoalgesia.

Origin: therm-+ G. Algesis, sense of pain