See Also: contour(medicine)
gum contour(medicine)
contour(dictionary)
contour(dictionary)
flange contour(medicine)
gingival contour(medicine)
height of contour(medicine)
contour lines of Owen(medicine)

disa (iou) and contour (oh)


disa (iou)



disa noun. M19.
[mod. Latin: ult. origin unkn.]
Any of various terrestrial orchids of the genus Disa, native to southern Africa and Madagascar and with dark green leaves.

contour (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Italian contorno, from contornare 'to round off, draw', from Latin com- ( COM-) + tornare ( TURN1)]
the shape of the outer edges of something such as an area of land or someone's body
::the contours of the hills
::the contours of her face
also contour line
a line on a map that shows points that are of equal heights above sea level