| kinoyl | <chemistry> See Quinoyl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| kinship | Relationship by marriage or, specifically, a blood tie. (12 Dec 1998) |
| kinsman | A man of the same race or family; one related by blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kinswoman | A female relative. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kinyoun | Joseph J., U.S. Physician, 1860-1919. See: Kinyoun stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kinyoun stain | <technique> A method for demonstrating acid-fast microorganisms, using carbol fuchsin, acid alcohol, and methylene blue; acid-fast microorganisms appear red against a blue background. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kion | An obsolete term for uvula.cion-as a combining form of uvula. Origin: G. Kion, pillar, the uvula (05 Mar 2000) |
| kioways | <ethnology> A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kipe | An osier basket used for catching fish. Origin: Cf. OE. Kipen to catch, Icel. Kippa to pull, snatch. Cf. Kipper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kipper | 1. <zoology> A salmon after spawning. 2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. Origin: D. Kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kippernut | <botany> A name given to earthnuts of several kinds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kipskin | Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide. Origin: Kip + skin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kirby-Bauer test | A standardised test for microbiological susceptibility performed by transferring a standardised pure culture of the organism of interest onto a sensitivity plate (Petri dish with Mueller-Hinton agar) and observing growth in the presence of disks containing antibiotics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kirk | A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; especially, the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church. Origin: Scot.; cf. Icel. Kirkja, of Greek origin. See Church. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kirk's amputation | Amputation at the lower end of the femur, using the tendon of the quadraceps extensor to cover the end of the bone. (05 Mar 2000) |