See Also: hernioid(medicine)

aplomb (iou) and hernioid (medicine)


aplomb (iou)



aplomb noun. L18.
[French, from a plomb according to the plummet.]
Perpendicularity; steadiness. Now rare or obsolete. L18.
Self-possession, coolness; assurance. E19.

hernioid (medicine)


hernioid


Resembling hernia.

Origin: hernio-+ G. Eidos, resemblance