See Also: Muscatine General Hospital(health)
Baton Rouge General Medical Center and General Health Center(health)
caltrop(dictionary)
Maine General Health Center(health)
Southwest General Health Center(health)
Lancaster General Health Campus(health)
Mercy General Health Partners(health)
water caltrop(medicine)
Divine Providence Health Center Avera Health(health)
Hegg Memorial Health Center Avera Health(health)

Muscatine General Hospital (health) and caltrop (iou)


Muscatine General Hospital (health)


Muscatine General Hospital is a hospital in Muscatine,Iowa (USA).









caltrop (iou)



caltrop noun. Also caltrap.
[Old English calcatrippe from medieval Latin calcatrippa, -trappa; senses 2 & 3 from (ult. identical) Old French kauketrape dial. var. of cauchetrape, chauche- (mod. chaussetrape), from chauchier tread + trappe trap.]
Orig., a plant which tended to catch or entangle the feet. Later, a plant with a flower-head suggestive of the military instrument (sense 3 below); spec. (a) a water chestnut, Trapa natans (also water caltrop(s)); (b) a member of the genus Tribulus. OE.
A trap or snare for the feet. ME-M19.
Hist. An iron ball with four spikes placed so that one is always projecting upwards, thrown on the ground to impede cavalry horses. Also, a heraldic representation of this. LME.