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adductor hiatus (medicine) and re-collect (iou)


adductor hiatus (medicine)


adductor hiatus


The aperture in the aponeurotic insertion of the adductor magnus that transmits the femoral artery and vein from the adductor canal to the popliteal space.

Synonym: hiatus tendineus, hiatus adductorius, femoral opening, tendinous opening.


re-collect (iou)



re-collect verb. Also (earlier) recollect. E16.
[Latin recollect- pa. ppl stem of recolligere, formed as RE- + colligere COLLECT verb. Later also from RE- + COLLECT verb.]
verb trans. Collect, gather. E16-L17.
verb trans. & (rare) intrans. Collect or gather (together) again. E17.
Watsonia This species was..re-collected in 1961.
verb trans. Bring back again to or from a place, condition, etc. E-M17.
verb trans.
a. In pass. Be composed or calm again. E17-M18.
b. refl. Recover composure; regain control of (oneself). M17.
M. Edgeworth His heart beat violently, and he..stopped, to recollect himself.
verb trans. Summon up (strength, courage, etc.) again; rally. M17.
R. L. Stevenson Mr. Utterson's nerves..gave a jerk..but he re-collected his courage.
re-collected ppl adjective (a) (rare, Shakes.) studied, practised; (b) collected or gathered together again: E17.