See Also: slip-slop(dictionary)
flexor pollicis brevis(medicine)
flexor pollicis longus(medicine)
musculus flexor longus pollicis(medicine)
musculus flexor pollicis brevis(medicine)
musculus flexor pollicis longus(medicine)
deep head of flexor pollicis brevis(medicine)
superficial head of flexor pollicis brevis muscle(medicine)
tendon sheath of flexor pollicis longus muscle(medicine)
tendon sheath of abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis muscles(medicine)

flexor pollicis longus (medicine) and slip-slop (iou)


flexor pollicis longus (medicine)


flexor pollicis longus
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, anterior surface of middle third of radius; insertion, distal phalanx of thumb; action, flexes distal phalanx of thumb; nerve supply, median palmar interosseous.

Synonym: musculus flexor pollicis longus, long flexor muscle of thumb, musculus flexor longus pollicis.


slip-slop (iou)



slip-slop noun, adjective, verb, & adverb. colloq. L17.
[Redupl. of SLOP noun2 with vowel variation. In sense A.2 etc. with allus. to Mrs Slipslop, a character in Fielding's novel Joseph Andrews (1742).]
A. noun.
A sloppy substance used as a Food, drink, or medicine. arch. L17.
A blunder in the use of words, esp. (a) malapropism. Also, a person given to making such blunders. Now rare or obsolete. L18.
Trifling talk or Writing; nonsense, twaddle. E19.
A floppy item of footwear; a flip-flop (sandal). Chiefly S. Afr. M19.
b. adjective.
Characterized by or given to blundering in the use or forms of words. M18-E19.
Having no substance or solidity; sloppy, feeble, trifling. E19.
C. verb intrans. Infl. -pp-.
Misuse words, utter a malapropism. rare. Only in L18.
Drink a sloppy liquid. rare. Only in M19.
Move about in a sloppy manner or with a flapping sound. L19.
D. adverb. With a flapping or slopping sound. L19.