See Also: arteria palatina minor(medicine)
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arteria palatina descendens(medicine)
arteria palatina major(medicine)
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elect(2) (iou) and arteria palatina minor (medicine)


elect(2) (iou)



elect verb. LME.
[Latin elect- pa. ppl stem of eligere: see ELECT adjective & noun.]
a. verb trans. Pick out, select (a person or thing), usu. for a particular purpose. LME-E19.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Theology. Of God: choose (a person) in preference to others for salvation or the receipt of some blessing. M16.
verb trans. Choose (a person) by vote for an office or position. Also foll. by to the office & with the title of the office as 2nd or only obj. LME.
H. Cox Each Town Council elected a delegate. E. Waugh I have been elected chairman of the Parish Council.
verb trans. & intrans. Choose (a thing, to do an action) in preference to an alternative. E16.
R. C. A. White Anyone could elect to be tried by jury. Y. Menuhin Except for electing the violin..I scarcely disturbed the family pattern.
electa'bility noun the property of being electable, eligibility for election L20.
electable adjective able or qualified to be elected L19.

arteria palatina minor (medicine)


arteria palatina minor -->
lesser palatine artery
<anatomy, artery> One of several posterior branches of the descending palatine in the greater palatine canal, distributed to the soft palate and tonsil.

Synonym: arteria palatina minor.