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splitter(1) (iou) and false pelvis (medicine)


splitter(1) (iou)



splitter noun. E17.
[from SPLIT verb + -ER1.]
A person who splits; spec. (a) a person employed in splitting fish; (b) Austral. a person whose occupation is cutting timber to make posts, rails, etc. E17.
b. A person (esp. a taxonomist) who attaches importance to differences rather than similarities in classification or analysis and so favours subdivision. Cf. LUMPER noun 3. L19.
A machine, instrument, etc., which splits something; spec. (a) an auxiliary set of gears that provides a set of ratios between those of the main gearbox; (b) a device for sending a received electric current or signal along two or more routes. M19.
A splitting headache. colloq. M19.
A first-rate hunt. Hunting slang. Now rare. M19.

false pelvis (medicine)


false pelvis -->
greater pelvis


The expanded portion of the pelvis above the brim.

Synonym: pelvis major, false pelvis, large pelvis, pelvis spuria.