See Also: Nilotic(dictionary)
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Vella's fistula(medicine)
Vella, Luigi(medicine)
Andorra la Vella(tourism)
Andorra la Vella(encyclopedia)
Thiry-Vella fistula(medicine)
Andorra la Vella hotels(tourism)
Andorra la Vella doctors(health)
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Vella, Luigi (medicine) and Nilotic (iou)


Vella, Luigi (medicine)


Vella, Luigi
<person> Italian physiologist, 1825-1886.

See: Vella's fistula, Thiry-Vella fistula.


Nilotic (iou)



Nilotic adjective & noun. M17.
[Latin Niloticus from Greek Neilotikos, from Neilos NILE: see -OTIC.]
A. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, restricted to, or characteristic of the Nile or the Nile region or its inhabitants. M17.
Nilotic crocodile = NILE crocodile. Nilotic monitor = NILE monitor.
spec. Designating or pertaining to a group of Sudanic Languages spoken by some E. African peoples, as the Dinka, Luo, Nuer, and Shilluk; designating or pertaining to a people or the peoples speaking a language of this group. M19.
b. noun.
= NILOT. E20.
The Nilotic group of Languages. M20.