| album graecum | Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine. Origin: L, Greek white. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| album | 1. A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc. 2. A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book. 3. A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc. Origin: L, neut. Of albus white: cf. F. Album. Cf. Alb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Veratrum album | The rhizome has emetic and cathartic actions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stratum album profundum | A layer of myelinated fibres, the deepest layer of the colliculus superior, delimiting the latter from the central gray substance surrounding the cerebral aqueduct. Synonym: stratum album profundum. (05 Mar 2000) |