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scabby (iou) and pacemaker failure (medicine)


scabby (iou)



scabby adjective. ['skabi] LME.
[from SCAB noun + -Y1.]
Suffering from scab. LME.
b. Founding. = SCABBED adjective 3. L19.
c. Printing. Blotchy, through uneven inking. obsolete exc. Hist. L19.
Contemptible, mean, vile. Now colloq. E18.
D. Edgar You should quit the army..and refuse to fight their scabby, skunky little war.
Special collocations: scabby mouth Austral. & NZ a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats, marked by ulceration round the mouth. scabby sheep fig. a corrupt or disreputable member of a family or group.
scabbiness noun L16.

pacemaker failure (medicine)


pacemaker failure
Failure of an artificial pacemaker to generate or deliver effective stimuli to the myocardium.