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grisette (medicine) and medial arcuate ligament (medicine)


grisette (medicine)


grisette


A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.

Origin: F, fr. Grisette a gray woolen cloth, fr. Gris gray. Grisettes were so called because they wore gray gowns made of this stuff. See Gars.

Source: Websters Dictionary


medial arcuate ligament (medicine)


medial arcuate ligament
<anatomy> One of Haller's arches; a tendinous thickening of the psoas fascia that extends from the body of the first lumbar vertebra to its transverse process on either side. A portion of the diaphragm arises from it.

Synonym: ligamentum arcuatum mediale, arcus lumbocostalis medialis, medial lumbocostal arch.