See Also: myocelitis(medicine)

Cherokee (iou) and myocelitis (medicine)


Cherokee (iou)



Cherokee adjective & noun. L17.
[Cherokee tsaraki (now tsaliki).]
A. adjective. Designating or pertaining to an Iroquoian people inhabiting Oklahoma and N. Carolina (and formerly a large part of the southern US), or their language. L17.
Cherokee rose a fragrant white-flowered climbing rose, Rosa laevigata, native to China and naturalized in the US.
b. noun. Pl. same, -s.
A Cherokee Indian. E18.
The language of the Cherokee. M18.

myocelitis (medicine)


myocelitis
Inflammation of the abdominal muscles.

Origin: myo-+ G. Koilia, belly, + -itis, inflammation