| pop | 1. A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop. 2. An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc. 3. <zoology> The European redwing. Pop corn. Corn, or maize, of peculiar excellence for popping; especially, a kind the grains of which are small and compact. Popped corn; which has been popped. Origin: Of imitative origin. Cf. Poop. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pope | 1. Any ecclesiastic, especially. A bishop. 2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal. 3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church. 4. <zoology> A fish; the ruff. Pope Joan, a game at cards played on a round board with compartments. Pope's eye, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep. Pope's nose, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium. Origin: AS. Papa, L. Papa father, bishop. Cf. Papa, Papal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| popery | The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; generally used in an opprobrious sense. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| popinjay | 1. <zoology> The green woodpecker. A parrot. "The pye and popyngay speak they know not what." (Tyndale) 2. A target in the form of a parrot. 3. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. "To be so pestered with a popinjay." Origin: OE. Popingay, papejay, OF. Papegai, papegaut; cf. Pr. Papagai, Sp. & Pg. Papagayo, It. Pappagallo, LGr, NGr.; in which the first syllables are perhaps imitative of the bird's chatter, and the last either fr. L. Gallus cock, or the same word as E. Jay, F. Geai. Cf. Papagay. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| popish | Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; often used opprobriously. Pop"ishly, Pop"ishness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poplar | <botany> 1. Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses. The aspen poplar is Populus tremula and P. Tremuloides; Balsam poplar is P. Balsamifera; Lombardy poplar (P. Dilatata) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is Populus alba. 2. The timber of the tulip tree; called also white poplar. Origin: OE. Popler, OF. Poplier, F. Peuplier, fr. L. Populus poplar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poples | Synonym: popliteal fossa. See: popliteal fossa. Origin: L. The ham of the knee (05 Mar 2000) |
| popliteal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space. Origin: From L. Poples, -itis, the ham. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| popliteal arch | <anatomy> A broad fibrous band attached above to the lateral condyle of the femur and passing medially and downward, blending with the posterior part of the fibrous capsule of the knee joint, arching over the tendon of the popliteus muscle. Synonym: ligamentum popliteum arcuatum, popliteal arch, posterior ligament of knee. (05 Mar 2000) |
| popliteal artery | <anatomy, artery> Anterior tibial a., comes off 1st, goes lateralLY, peroneal a., lateral (as expected), posterior tibial a., medial (12 Dec 1998) |
| popliteal communicating nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Arises from the tibial in the popliteal space, passes down the calf between the two heads of the gastrocnemius and unites in the middle of the leg with the communicating branch of the common peroneal to form the sural nerve, distributed to the skin of the distal and lateral surfaces of the leg and ankle. Synonym: nervus cutaneus surae medialis, medial cutaneous nerve of leg, popliteal communicating nerve, tibial communicating nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| popliteal cyst | A synovial cyst in the popliteal space arising from the semimembranous bursa or the knee joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| popliteal entrapment syndrome | <syndrome> A crush syndrome resulting from compression of the popliteal artery and impairment of its blood flow by structures of the popliteal space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| popliteal fascia | The fascia that covers the popliteal fossa, continuous with fascia lata superiorly and crural fascia inferiorly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| popliteal fossa | The diamond-shaped space posterior to the knee joint bounded superficially by the diverging biceps femoris and semimembranosus muscles above and inferiorly by the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle; deeply, the fossa is bound superiorly by the diverging supracondylar lines of the femur and the soleal line of the tibia inferiorly. Contents: tibial nerve, popliteal artery, vein, fat. Synonym: fossa poplitea, poples, ham, popliteal region, popliteal space, popliteus. (05 Mar 2000) |