| spica | Origin: L, an ear, as of corn. 1. <medicine> A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley. 2. <astronomy> A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| spica bandage | Successive strips of material applied to the body and the first part of a limb, or to the hand and a finger, which overlap slightly in a V to resemble an ear of grain. Origin: L. Spica, ear of grain (05 Mar 2000) |
| spicated | <botany> Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes. Origin: L. Spicatus, p. P. Of spicare furnish with spikes, or ears, fr. Spica a spike, or ear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |