| gallows | Origin: OE. Galwes, pl, AS. Galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. Galg gallows, OS. & OHG. Galgo, G. Galgen, Icel. Galgi, Sw. & Dan. Galge, Goth. Galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows. 1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything. "So they hanged Haman on the gallows." (Esther vii. 10) "If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows." (Shak) "O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses" (Shak) 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. 3. The rest for the tympan when raised. 4. A pair of suspenders or braces. Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. Gallows bitts Gallows bitts. Gallows, or Gallow tree, the gallows. " at length him nailed on a gallow tree." (Spenser) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| gallstone | <gastroenterology, surgery> A solid formation in the gallbladder composed of cholesterol and bile salts. (27 Sep 1997) |
| gallstone colic | Intense spasmodic pain felt in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen from impaction of a gallstone in the cystic duct. Synonym: gallstone colic, hepatic colic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gallstone ileus | Obstruction of the small intestine produced by passage of a gallstone from the biliary tract (usually the gallbladder as a result of cholecystitis) into the intestinal tract (usually by means of a fistulous connection between the gallbladder and the small intestine); occurrence and site of obstruction depend upon size of the stone, but the usual location is at or near the ileocaecal junction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gallstones | <radiology> Cholesterol, most common, non-opaque, calcium bilirubinate (bilirubin), opaque, associated with haemolytic anaemia (SSD, spherocytosis, etc.), increased incidence with: 4 Fs: fat, female, fertile, flatulent, sickle cell disease (bilirubin), cirrhosis, Crohn disease, diabetes, pancreatic disease, hyperparathyroidism (12 Dec 1998) |
| Gallus | A genus of gallinaceous birds including Gallus domestica, the domestic chicken. Origin: L. Gallus, a cock (05 Mar 2000) |
| gallus adeno-like virus | A virus with characteristics of adenovirus, not known to be associated with natural disease. Synonym: gallus adeno-like virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| GalNAc beta1-4 GlcNAc-R beta1-3-galactosyltransferase | <enzyme> From connective tissue of the snail lymnaea stagnalis; transfers galactose from udp galactose to haemocyanin glycans with side chains galnac beta 1-4 glcnac beta1-2 man-r where r is a branched side chain ultimately linked to asparagine Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: udp-gal-galnac(beta1-4)glcnac-r(beta1-3)-galactosyltransferase, galnac-glcnac-beta-3-gal-t (26 Jun 1999) |
| galoche chin | An abnormally narrow, protruding chin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galoshe | 1. A clog or patten. "Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche." (Chaucer) 2. Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather. 3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg. Origin: OE. Galoche, galache, galage, shoe, F. Galoche galoche, perh. Altered fr. L. Gallica a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL. Calopedia wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr, dim. Of, a shoemaker's last; wood + foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| GALT | <abbreviation> Gut-associated lymphoid tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Galton's delta | A more or less well-marked triangle, in a fingerprint, on either side where the straight ridges near the joint of the distal phalanx are succeeded by arches, loops, or whorls. See: Galton's system of classification of fingerprints. Synonym: triradius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Galton's law | In a population mating at random, the progeny of a parent with an extreme value for a measurable phenotype will tend on average to have values nearer the population mean than in the extreme parent. See: law of regression to mean. Synonym: law of regression to mean. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Galton's system of classification of fingerprints | A system of classification based on the variations in the patterns of the ridges, which are grouped into arches, loops, and whorls (A.L.W. Or arch-loop-whorl system). "Arches are formed when the ridges run from one side to the other of the bulb of the digit, without making any backward turn, but no twist; whorls, when there is a turn through at least one complete circle; they are also considered to include all duplex spirals." The abbreviations used in making a record of fingerprint's are: a, arch; l, loop; w, whorl; i, loop with an inner (thumb side) slope; o, loop with an outer (little-finger side) slope. The ten digits are registered in four groups as follows, distinguished by capital letters: A, the fore, middle, and ring fingers of the right hand; B, the fore, middle, and ring fingers of the left hand; C, the thumb and little finger of the right hand; D, the thumb and little finger of the left hand. See: dermatoglyphics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Galton, Sir Francis | <person> English scientist, 1822-1911. See: Galton's delta, Galton's system of classification of fingerprints, Galton's law, Galton's whistle. (05 Mar 2000) |