| ASTRAGALUS | • astragalus n. (Anatomy) The anklebone. • astragalus n. (Botany) A herb of the genus Astragalus. • Astragalus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the milk-vetches. |
| CAULICULUS | • cauliculus n. (Architecture) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and… • CAULICULUS n. one of the slender stems springing from the caules or main stalks supporting the volutes in the Corinthian capital. |
| COLLICULUS | • colliculus n. (Anatomy) A small elevation; a knoll. • COLLICULUS n. a small elevation, as on the surface of the optic lobe of the brain. |
| DISCOBOLUS | • discobolus n. A discus thrower. • discobolus n. A statue of a discus thrower. • DISCOBOLUS n. (historical) a discus thrower, also DISCOBOLOS. |
| FASCICULUS | • fasciculus n. (Anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers. • fasciculus n. One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle. • FASCICULUS n. (Latin) a little bundle; a fascicle, also FASCICLE, FASCICULE. |
| FONTICULUS | • fonticulus n. Synonym of fontanelle (“membranous spot on the head of a baby”). • fonticulus n. A small artificial ulcer produced by caustics or a lancet. • fonticulus n. (Anatomy) The depression just over the top of the breastbone. |
| GLOMERULUS | • glomerulus n. (Anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine. • glomerulus n. (Anatomy) A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of receptor… • glomerulus n. Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things. |
| HOMUNCULUS | • homunculus n. A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm. • homunculus n. The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain. • Homunculus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Homunculidae – certain extinct monkeys that are possible ancestors… |
| IMPUNDULUS | • IMPUNDULU n. (Bantu) a mythical bird with magical powers, often identified with the secretary bird. |
| MONTICULUS | • monticulus n. A little elevation. • MONTICULUS n. a little hill, also MONTICLE. |
| PANNICULUS | • panniculus n. (Anatomy) A dense layer of fatty tissue growth, consisting of subcutaneous fat in the lower abdominal area. • panniculus n. A thin, sheet-like investment. • PANNICULUS n. a thin, sheetlike garment, also PANNICLE, PANNIKEL. |
| PENICILLUS | • penicillus n. (Anatomy) One of the tufts of fine twigs into which the arteries of the spleen subdivide. • Penicillus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Udoteaceae – certain algae. • Penicillus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Penicillidae. |
| PROTHALLUS | • prothallus n. A prothallium. • PROTHALLUS n. the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam, also PROTHALLIUM. |
| RANUNCULUS | • ranunculus n. Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot. • Ranunculus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – the ranunculuses, including the buttercup etc. • RANUNCULUS n. a genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot and buttercups. |
| STROPHULUS | • strophulus n. (Medicine) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; red-gum. • STROPHULUS n. a skin inflammation found primarily on small children. |