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waxy
(encz) | waxy,voskovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Waxy
(gcide) | Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
Amyloid.
Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.
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waxy
(wn) | waxy
adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful,
the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
2: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable
youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" [syn:
impressionable, waxy, impressible] [ant:
unimpressionable]
3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
"a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable,
pliable, pliant, waxy]
4: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy] |
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conic waxycap
(encz) | conic waxycap, n: |
waxy
(encz) | waxy,voskovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
waxycap
(encz) | waxycap, n: |
paxywaxy
(gcide) | Paxwax \Pax"wax`\, n. [For faxvax, fr. AS. feax hair (akin to
OHG. fahs) + weaxan to grow. See Wax to grow, and cf.
Faxed, Pectinate.] (Anat.)
The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It
connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the
cervical vertebr[ae], and helps to support the head. Called
also paxywaxy and packwax.
[1913 Webster]Paxywaxy \Pax"y*wax`y\, n. (Anat.)
See Paxwax.
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Paxywaxy
(gcide) | Paxwax \Pax"wax`\, n. [For faxvax, fr. AS. feax hair (akin to
OHG. fahs) + weaxan to grow. See Wax to grow, and cf.
Faxed, Pectinate.] (Anat.)
The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It
connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the
cervical vertebr[ae], and helps to support the head. Called
also paxywaxy and packwax.
[1913 Webster]Paxywaxy \Pax"y*wax`y\, n. (Anat.)
See Paxwax.
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Waxy degeneration
(gcide) | Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
Amyloid.
Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.
[1913 Webster]amyloidosis \am`y*loi*do"sis\ ([a^]m`[i^]*loi*d[=o]"s[i^]s), n.
(Med.)
A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular
amyloid[2] in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes
with normal function of the affected organ; it is often
secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or
multiple myeloma. Called also amyloid degeneration {waxy
degeneration} and lardaceous degeneration.
[WordNet 1.5 + AS]amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), n.
1. A starchlike substance.
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2. (Med.) Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins
deposited in the organs under some pathological
conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of
linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron
microscope. --Stedman 25
[1913 Webster + AS]
Amyloid degeneration (Med.), Same as amyloidosis; --
called also waxy degeneration or {lardaceous
degeneration}.
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waxy degeneration
(gcide) | Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
Amyloid.
Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.
[1913 Webster]amyloidosis \am`y*loi*do"sis\ ([a^]m`[i^]*loi*d[=o]"s[i^]s), n.
(Med.)
A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular
amyloid[2] in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes
with normal function of the affected organ; it is often
secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or
multiple myeloma. Called also amyloid degeneration {waxy
degeneration} and lardaceous degeneration.
[WordNet 1.5 + AS]amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), n.
1. A starchlike substance.
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2. (Med.) Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins
deposited in the organs under some pathological
conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of
linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron
microscope. --Stedman 25
[1913 Webster + AS]
Amyloid degeneration (Med.), Same as amyloidosis; --
called also waxy degeneration or {lardaceous
degeneration}.
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Waxy kidney
(gcide) | Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
Amyloid.
Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.
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Waxy liver
(gcide) | Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
Amyloid.
Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.
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conic waxycap
(wn) | conic waxycap
n 1: a fungus having an acutely conic cap and dry stalks [syn:
Hygrocybe acutoconica, conic waxycap] |
waxy
(wn) | waxy
adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful,
the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
2: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable
youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" [syn:
impressionable, waxy, impressible] [ant:
unimpressionable]
3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
"a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable,
pliable, pliant, waxy]
4: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy] |
waxycap
(wn) | waxycap
n 1: any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that
are more or less waxy in appearance |
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