See Also: Epstein's pearls(medicine)
Elschnig pearls(medicine)
Laennec's pearls(medicine)
Epstein's sign(medicine)
Epstein, Sir Jacob(encyclopedia)
Epstein, Jacob(dictionary)
Epstein's disease(medicine)
Epstein, Alois(medicine)
Epstein's symptom(medicine)
Epstein, Michael Anthony(medicine)

patulous (iou) and Epstein's pearls (medicine)


patulous (iou)



patulous adjective. E17.
[from Latin patulus spreading, from patere be open: see -ULOUS.]
Open; expanded; gaping. E17.
Esp. of the boughs of a tree: spreading. L17.
Botany. Of a calyx etc.: outwardly divergent. M18.
patulent adjective (rare) = PATULOUS 1 E18.
patulously adverb L19.
patulousness noun L19.

Epstein's pearls (medicine)


Epstein's pearls
Multiple small white epithelial inclusion cysts found in the midline of the palate in newborn infants.