See Also: membranectomy(medicine)

assemblage (iou) and membranectomy (medicine)


assemblage (iou)



assemblage noun. L17.
[from ASSEMBLE verb + -AGE; partly after French.]
A bringing or coming together; the state of being collected together. L17.
J. Locke Wit lying most in the assemblage of Ideas. W. Blackstone In consequence of this lucky assemblage.
b. spec. The fitting or joining together of a number of components. E18.
Listener The cutting and assemblage of the recordings under the composer's care.
A number of things grouped together; a collection, a cluster. L17.
G. Anson Opposite..is an assemblage of rocks. J. D. Clark The preservation of more complete faunal assemblages.
b. A number of pieces fitted together; spec. a work of Art consisting of miscellaneous objects fastened together. L19.
A number of people gathered together; a gathering, a concourse. M18.
Horace Walpole It was an assemblage of all ages and nations. J. A. Michener The vast assemblage prepared to make the move, which all approved.

membranectomy (medicine)


membranectomy
<procedure> Removal of the membranes of a subdural haematoma.

Origin: membrane + G. Ektome, excision