| vermetus | <zoology> Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube. Origin: NL, from L. Vermis worm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vermi- | A worm; wormlike. Origin: L. Vermis (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermian fossa | A small depression near the lower part of the internal occipital crest which lodges part of the inferior vermis of the cerebellum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermicidal | Destructive to worms; specifically, destructive to parasitic intestinal worms. Origin: vermi-+ L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermicide | A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer. Origin: L. Vermis a worm + caedere to kill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermicular | Relating to, resembling, or moving like a worm. Origin: L. Vermiculus, dim. Of vermis, worm (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermicular colic | Colicky pain occurring early in acute appendicitis. Synonym: vermicular colic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermicular movement | <gastroenterology, physiology> The wormlike movement by which the alimentary canal or other tubular organs provided with both longitudinal and circular muscle fibres propel their contents. It consists of a wave of contraction passing along the tube for variable distances. Origin: Gr. Stalsis = contraction (18 Nov 1997) |
| vermicular pulse | A small rapid pulse, giving a wormlike sensation to the finger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermiculation | 1. The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines. 2. The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm. 3. Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten. 4. <ornithology, zoology> A very fine wavy crosswise colour marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds. Origin: L. Vermiculatio a being worm-eaten. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermicule | 1. A small worm or wormlike organism or structure. Synonym: ookinete. Origin: L. Vermiculus, a small worm (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermiculite | <chemical> A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms. Origin: L. Vermiculus, dim. Of vermis worm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermiculous | 1. Wormy; infected with worms or larvae. 2. Wormlike. See: vermiform. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermiculus | See: vermicule. Origin: L. Dim. Of vermis, worm (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermiform | Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum. <anatomy> Vermiform appendix, a slender blind process of the caecum in man and some other animals; called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation. Origin: L. Vermis a worm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |