See Also: isopyknic(medicine)

malanga (iou) and isopyknic (medicine)


malanga (iou)



malanga noun. E20.
[Amer. Spanish, prob. from Kikongo, pl. of elanga water lily.]
Any of several plants grown in the Caribbean and in Central and S. America for their edible tubers.

isopyknic (medicine)


isopyknic -->
isopycnic
<physics> Having equal density, as different regions of a medium.

A line or surface passing through those points in a medium, at which the density is the same as, an isopycnic line or surface.

Origin: Iso- + Gr. Pyknos dense.