See Also: discolith(medicine)

luthern (iou) and discolith (medicine)


luthern (iou)



luthern noun. M17.
[Perh. alt. of LUCARNE.]
More fully luthern-window. A dormer window.

discolith (medicine)


discolith
<biology> One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about 1/50000 of an inch in its longest diameter.

Origin: Gr. A round plate.

Source: Websters Dictionary