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gombeen (iou) and auricular appendix (medicine)


gombeen (iou)



gombeen noun & adjective. Anglo-Irish. M19.
[Irish gaimbin.]
A. noun. Usury. M19.
Comb.: gombeen-man, gombeen-woman a usurer, a moneylender.
b. adjective. Selfishly materialist. M20.
Listener This whirlpool of gombeen capitalism.

auricular appendix (medicine)


auricular appendix -->
auricle of atrium


A small conical ("ear-shaped") pouch projecting from the upper anterior portion of each atrium of the heart, increasing slightly the atrial volume.

See: auricle of left atrium, auricle of right atrium.

Synonym: auricula atrialis, atrial auricle, atrial auricula, auricle, auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix, skin tag.