See Also: plombiere(dictionary)

papillary (iou) and plombiere (iou)


papillary (iou)



papillary adjective. M17.
[from PAPILLA + -ARY2.]
Chiefly Anatomy & Biology. Of the form or Nature of a papilla; containing, possessing, or consisting of papillae; of, pertaining to, or affecting papillae.
papillary muscle each of the conical bundles of muscle fibre arising from the walls of the ventricles of the heart and attached by the chordae tendineae to the valves.
Also papillar adjective M19.

plombiere (iou)



plombiere noun. M19.
[French Plombieres-les-Bains, a village in the Vosges department of eastern France.]
A kind of dessert made with ice-cream and glace fruits.