See Also: buffalo hump(medicine)
hump(1)(dictionary)
hump(2)(dictionary)
hump(medicine)
dromedary hump(medicine)
hump 2, verb(dictionary)
hump 1, noun(dictionary)
Dowager's hump(health)
dowager's hump(medicine)
Hampton's hump(medicine)

panyar (iou) and buffalo hump (medicine)


panyar (iou)



panyar verb trans. arch. Infl. -rr-. E18.
[Portuguese penhorar seize as a pledge or Security from Latin pignorare, -erare pledge, (in medieval Latin) take in pledge, plunder, invade.]
In W. Africa: seize as a guarantee or Security; euphem. seize as plunder, steal, esp. kidnap as a slave.

buffalo hump (medicine)


buffalo hump -->
buffalo type
Term used to describe the distribution of a fat deposit seen posteriorly over the upper thoracic vertebrae; seen in hyperadrenocorticalism (Cushing's syndrome).

Synonym: buffalo hump.