| alert | <neurology> Attentive and quick to think or act. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| medic | <botany> A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. Sativa. Origin: L. Medica, Gr. (sc) a kind of clover introduced from Media, from Median. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |