See Also: pyrosmalite(medicine)
arteriococcygeal gland(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
medicine(dictionary)
medicine(2)(dictionary)
medicine man(encyclopedia)
medicine(1)(dictionary)
medicine(encyclopedia)

arteriococcygeal gland (medicine) and pyrosmalite (medicine)


arteriococcygeal gland (medicine)


arteriococcygeal gland -->
coccygeal body


An arteriovenous (arteriolovenular) anastomosis supplied by the middle sacral artery and located on the pelvic surface of the coccyx. It was formerly called a gland (of Luschka) or a glomus and included with the paraganglia.

Synonym: corpus coccygeum, arteriococcygeal gland, coccygeal gland, glomus coccygeum.


pyrosmalite (medicine)


pyrosmalite
<chemical> A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish green colour, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese; so called from the odour given off before the blowpipe.

Origin: Pyro- + Gr. Odour + -like.

Source: Websters Dictionary