See Also: suffraginous(medicine)

phon (iou) and suffraginous (medicine)


phon (iou)



phon noun. M20.
[Greek phone sound, voice.]
A unit of perceived loudness such that the loudness in phons of a sound is equal to the intensity in decibels of a pure 1000 Hz tone judged to be equally loud. Formerly, a decibel.

suffraginous (medicine)


suffraginous


Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast.

Origin: L. Suffraginosus diseased in the hock, fr. Suffrago the pastern, or hock.

Source: Websters Dictionary