| gris | A costly kind of fur. Origin: OF, fr. Gris gray. Cf. G. Grauwerk (lit. Gray work) the gray skin of the Siberian squirrel. See Gris. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| griseofulvin | <drug> Griseofulvin is a fungicide which works by hindering mitosis, in particular by interfering with the spindle and halting chromosome movement during the anaphase stage of mitosis. The compound is produced by the fungus Penicillium griseofulvum. (13 Nov 1997) |
| grisette | A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. Origin: F, fr. Grisette a gray woolen cloth, fr. Gris gray. Grisettes were so called because they wore gray gowns made of this stuff. See Gars. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| griseus | Synonym: gray. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| grisly | Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." "A man of grisly and stern gravity." (Robynson (More's Utopia)) Grisly bear. <zoology> See Grizzly. Origin: OE, grisly, grislich, AS. Grislic, gryslic, fr. Grsan to shudder; cf. OD. Grijselick horrible, OHG. Grisenl?ch, and also AS. Gre?san to frighten, and E. Gruesome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Grisolle's sign | <clinical sign> An obsolete sign; in smallpox, the continued presence and palpability of papules when the skin is stretched. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Grisolle, Augustin | <person> French physician, 1811-1869. See: Grisolle's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| grison | 1. <zoology> A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called South American glutton. A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous. 2. <geography> Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps, the largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons. Origin: F, fr. Grison gray, gray-haired, gris gray. See Gris. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Grisonella ratellina | A South American weasel, a reservoir host of Trypanosoma cruzi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| grist | 1. Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces. "Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store." (Tusser. Q) 2. Supply; provision. 3. In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands. All is grist that comes to his mill, all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit. To bring grist to the maill, to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit. Origin: AS. Grist, fr. Grindan. See Grind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gristle | <anatomy> Cartilage. See Cartilage. Origin: OE. Gristel, gristil, AS. Gristl; akin to OFries. Gristel, grestel. Perh. A dim. Of grist but cf. OHG. Krustila, krostela. Cf. Grist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gristly | <anatomy> Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |