See Also: cytotaxis(medicine)
shirr(1)(dictionary)
shirr(2)(dictionary)

shirr(2) (iou) and cytotaxis (medicine)


shirr(2) (iou)



shirr verb trans. Orig. US. L19.
[App. back-form. from SHIRRED.]
Gather (material) by means of parallel threads. L19.
Bake (eggs without the shells) in individual dishes or in a single shallow dish. Chiefly as shirred ppl adjective. L19.

cytotaxis (medicine)


cytotaxis


The movement of a cell toward or away from some sort of stimulus. (The stimulus would then be called the cytotaxin).