| palmed | Having or bearing a palm or palms. <zoology> Paimed deer, a stag of full growth, bearing palms. See lst Palm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| palmellin | A red colouring matter formed by an alga, Palmella cruenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmer | A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places. "Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together." (P. Plowman) "The pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the palmer had none. The pilgrim traveled to some certain, designed place or places, but the palmer to all." (T. Staveley) Origin: From Palm the tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Palmer acid test for peptic ulcer | In duodenal ulcer, the administration of acid by duodenal tube causes severe pain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Palmer's notation | <dentistry> Palmer's notation is a widely used method to designate individual teeth. In Palmer's notation, your mouth is divided into four parts called quadrants, upper left quadrant, upper right quadrant, lower left quadrant, and lower right quadrant. Each individual tooth in the quadrant is given a name which in order are: Central, Lateral, Cuspid, First Bicuspid, Second Bicuspid, First Molar, Second Molar and Third Molar. (08 Jan 1998) |
| Palmer, Walter | <person> U.S. Physician, *1896. See: Palmer acid test for peptic ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmerworm | <zoology> Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects. In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, especially. The larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmetto | <botany> A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, or Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage. Royal palmetto, the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes, etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making hats, ropes, etc. Saw palmetto, Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scrub. Origin: Dim. Of palm the tree: cf. Sp. Palmito. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid. Origin: Cf. F. Palmique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmidactyles | <ornithology> A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet. Origin: NL. See Palm, and Dactyl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmigrade | <zoology> Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals. Origin: L. Palma palm of the hand + gradi to walk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmin | <chemistry> A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil. Alternative forms: ricinolein. Origin: From palma Christi: cf. F. Palmine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmin test | A test of pancreatic efficiency, based upon the fact that the presence of fat in the stomach causes the pylorus to open and admit the pancreatic juice; this splits the palmin so that an examination of the stomach contents, after a test meal containing palmin, will reveal the presence of fatty acids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmiped | <zoology> Web-footed, as a water fowl. A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet. Origin: L. Palmipes, -edis, broad-footed; palma the palm of the hand + pes a foot; cf. F. Palmipede. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmipedes | <zoology> Same as Natatores. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |