| gloss | 1. Bbrightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. "It is no part . . . To set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford." (Hooker) 2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. "To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art." (Goldsmith) Origin: Cf. Icel. Glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. Glosen to glow, G. Glosten to glimmer; perh. Akin to E. Glass. To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. "The glossed and gleamy wave." (J. R. Drake) Origin: Glossed; Glossing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| glossa | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. The tongue. <zoology> The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glossagra | Glossalgia of gouty origin. Origin: Gloss-+ G. Agra, a seizure (05 Mar 2000) |
| glossal | <dentistry> The tooth surface next to your tongue or things mounted on the tooth surfaces next to your tongue. (08 Jan 1998) |
| glossalgia | Painful sensations in the tongue, including a sensation of burning. (12 Dec 1998) |
| glossanthrax | A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue. Origin: Gr. Tongue + E. Anthrax: cf. F. Glossanthrax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glossata | <zoology> The Lepidoptera. Origin: NL. See Glossa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glossectomy | Partial or total surgical excision of the tongue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| glossic | A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only. "Ingglish Glosik konvaiz hwotever proanusiaishon iz intended bei dhi reiter." (A. J. Ellis) Origin: L. Glossa a word requiring a gloss. See Gloss. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glossily | In a glossy manner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Glossina | A genus of bloodsucking Diptera (tsetse flies) confined to Africa; they serve as vectors of the pathogenic trypanosomes that cause various forms of African sleeping sickness in humans and in domestic and wild animals. Origin: G. Glossa, tongue (05 Mar 2000) |
| Glossina morsitans | A species originally thought to be the sole transmitter of Trypanosoma brucei brucei, the cause of nagana in central Africa; this species transmits this disease in some regions, but it is not the sole or even always the principal transmitting agent; it is the vector of T. Brucei rhodesiense, one of the pathogenic agents of East African, Rhodesian, or acute sleeping sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Glossina pallidipes | A species that is the principal transmitter of nagana; it also transmits Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Glossina palpalis | A species of Glossina that transmits Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, one of the pathogenic parasites of West African, Gambian, or chronic sleeping sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glossiness | The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Origin: From Glossy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Synonyms : Glossalgias, Glossodynias, Glossopyroses
Synonyms : Glossectomies
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Synonyms : Glossitides
Synonyms : Benign Migratory Glossitis, Migratory Glossitis, Benign
| gloss |
give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text glossary: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase polish: the property of being smooth and shiny semblance: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" color: gloss or excuse; "color a lie"
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| glossa |
tongue: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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| glossalgia |
pain in the tongue
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| Glossina |
tsetse fly: bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
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| glossitis |
inflammation of the tongue
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| gloss | the property of being smooth and shiny |
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| gloss | an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge |
| gloss | an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text |
| gloss | gloss or excuse |
| gloss | provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase |
| gloss | provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases |
| gloss | give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing |
| gloss | cover up a misdemeanor |
| gloss | treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly |
| gloss | a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity |
| gloss | pain in the tongue |
| gloss | an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge |
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