See Also: Nocardia lutea(medicine)
Macula lutea(health)
macula lutea(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
corpora lutea cysts(medicine)
nocardia(medicine)
nocardia infections(medicine)
Nocardia orientalis(medicine)
Nocardia mediterranei(medicine)
Nocardia madurae(medicine)

mortuary (medicine) and Nocardia lutea (medicine)


mortuary (medicine)


mortuary


Origin: LL. Mortuarium. See Mortuary.

1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty.

2. A burial place; a place for the dead.

3. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Nocardia lutea (medicine)


Nocardia lutea


A species found in a case of actinomycosis of the lacrimal gland.