See Also: peripneumonic(medicine)

reggae (iou) and peripneumonic (medicine)


reggae (iou)



reggae noun. M20.
[W. Indian, ult. origin uncertain. Cf. Jamaican English rege-rege quarrel, row.]
A style of popular Music of Jamaican origin, with a strongly accentuated offbeat and often a prominent bass; a Dance or song set to this Music. Cf. SKA.
attrib.: F. Dhondy The beat of a reggae record thumping through the..air.
reggaefied adjective (of a song or piece of Music) put into the style of reggae Music L20.

peripneumonic (medicine)


peripneumonic
<medicine> Of or pertaining to peripneumonia.

Origin: L. Peripneumonicus, Gr., cf. F. Peripneumonique.

Source: Websters Dictionary