See Also: figurative(dictionary)
figurative(dictionary)
calcific(medicine)
calcific pancreatitis(medicine)
Bursitis, calcific(health)
calcific bursitis(medicine)
Calcific bursitis(health)
bursitiis, calcific(medicine)
calcific nodular aortic stenosis(medicine)
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Calcific bursitis (health) and figurative (iou)


Calcific bursitis (health)


A bursa is a thin fluid-filled sac that reduces friction forces between tissues of the body. Chronic (repeated of long-standing) inflammation of the bursa (bursitis) can lead to calcification of the bursa. This is referred to as "calcific bursitis." The calcium deposition (calcification) can occur as long as the inflammation is present.





figurative (iou)



figurative adjective. LME.
[Late Latin figurativus, formed as FIGURATE verb: see -ATIVE.]
Emblematic, typical. LME.
Based on or using figures or metaphors; metaphorical, not literal. LME.
Coverdale By a figurative..speech he declareth the horror..of the damned.
Containing or using many figures of speech. L16.
W. Belsham Shakespeare..is the most figurative writer in our language.
Pertaining to the use of graphic symbols or numbers. L16-E19.
Pertaining to or of the Nature of pictorial or sculptural representation. E17.
b. spec. Of an artist, a style of painting, etc.: creating forms which are recognizably derived from objective sources without necessarily being clearly representational. M20.
Listener Figurative painters today undoubtedly owe much to abstract expressionism.
Music. = FIGURAL 4. E18.
figuratively adverb LME.
figurativeness noun E18.