See Also: nepiology(medicine)

thumbless (iou) and nepiology (medicine)


thumbless (iou)



thumbless adjective. M17.
[from THUMB noun + -LESS.]
Clumsy; incompetent. Cf. HANDLESS 2. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Without a thumb or thumbs; spec. designating primates in which the thumb is rudimentary or functionless. E18.

nepiology (medicine)


nepiology


An obsolete term for neonatology.

Origin: G. Nepios (adj.), infant, + logos, study