| girdle sensation | A sensation as if a cord were drawn around the body, constricting it. Synonym: cincture sensation, girdle sensation, strangalesthesia. Origin: G. Zone, girdle, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
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| girdler | 1. One who girdles. 2. A maker of girdles. 3. <zoology> An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Girdlestone | Gathorne Robert, British orthopedist, *1881. See: Girdlestone procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Girdlestone procedure | Complete resection or excision of the head and neck of the femur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| girdling | Killing a tree by removing a strip of bark from around its trunk. (05 Dec 1998) |
| girl | 1. A young person of either sex; a child. 2. A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden. 3. A female servant; a maidservant. 4. <zoology> A roebuck two years old. Origin: OE. Girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. Gor child. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| girrock | <zoology> A garfish. Origin: Cf. Prov. F. Chicarou. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| girt | To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. "We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword." (Shak) Origin: From Girt, cf. Girth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gisarm | <medicine> A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers. Origin: OF. Gisarme, guisarme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gismondite | <chemical> A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome. Origin: From the name of the discoverer, Gismondi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gitalin | An extract of Digitalis purpurea containing a mixture of glycosides and aglycons, with action and uses similar to those of digitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gith | <botany> The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower. Origin: Prov. E, corn cockle; cf. W. Gith corn cockle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| githagism | A disease similar to lathyrism, believed to be due to poisoning by seeds of the corn cockle, Lychnis githago. Origin: L. Gith, a plant, Roman coriander, + ago, to drive (05 Mar 2000) |
| gitogenin | (25R)-5a-Spirostan-2a,3b-diol;the genin of gitonin; a cardiotonic agent. Synonym: digin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gitonin | A gitogenin tetraglycoside composed of two galactoses, one glucose, and one xylose; F-gitogenin has one galactose, two glucoses, and one xylose. Both are cardiotonic agents. (05 Mar 2000) |