See Also: metope(medicine)
metope(dictionary)

Disclaim (law) and metope (medicine)


Disclaim (law)




To renounce a legal claim.





metope (medicine)


metope


1. The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work.

2. <zoology> The face of a crab.

In the Parthenon, groups of centaurs and heroes in high relief occupy the metopes.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr.; with, between + opening, hole, the hole in the frieze between the beam ends.

Source: Websters Dictionary