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anaclastic (medicine)


anaclastic


1. <optics> Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.

2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.

Origin: Gr. To bend back and break; to reflect (light); + to break.

Source: Websters Dictionary


turonian (medicine)


turonian
<geology> One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.

Source: Websters Dictionary