See Also: esthesio-(medicine)

snubber (iou) and esthesio- (medicine)


snubber (iou)



snubber noun. M19.
[from SNUB verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who administers a snub or snubs. M19.
A person who snubs a rope, boat, etc.; a device for snubbing a rope etc. US. M19.
A device for damping or checking vibrations; spec. (a) Engineering a simple kind of shock absorber; (b) Electronics a circuit intended to suppress voltage spikes. E20.

esthesio- (medicine)


esthesio-


1. Sensation, perception.

Origin: G. Aesthesis, sense perception