See Also: pylemphraxis(medicine)

norite (iou) and pylemphraxis (medicine)


norite (iou)



norite noun. L19.
[from NOR(WAY + -ITE1.]
Petrography. A coarse-grained plutonic rock similar to gabbro but containing hypersthene.

pylemphraxis (medicine)


pylemphraxis


An obsolete term for obstruction of the portal vein.

Origin: G. Pyle, gate, + emphraxis, a stoppage