See Also: funiculus(dictionary)
funiculus(medicine)
posterior funiculus(medicine)
lateral funiculus(medicine)
funiculus umbilicalis(medicine)
funiculus teres(medicine)
funiculus spermaticus(medicine)
funiculus solitarius(medicine)
funiculus posterior(medicine)
funiculus lateralis(medicine)

opposer (iou) and funiculus (iou)


opposer (iou)



opposer noun. L15.
[from OPPOSE + -ER1.]
A person who checks accounts. Cf. OPPOSE 3. Only in L15.
a. A person who opposes the defender of a thesis in an academic disputation. Cf. OPPOSE 2, OPPONENT noun 1. obsolete exc. Hist. L15.
b. Either of two examiners formerly appointed to carry out at Winchester College the elections to New College, Oxford. rare. L19.
A person who opposes or contends against a person, measure, system, etc. E17.

funiculus (iou)



funiculus noun. . M17.
[Latin, dim. of funis rope: see -CULE.]
A thin rope or filament; spec. a hypothetical filament of matter postulated to support the column of mercury in Torricelli's experiment (which actually demonstrated atmospheric pressure). obsolete exc. Hist. M17.
= FUNICLE 2. E19.