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naiad (medicine)


naiad


1. A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.

2. <zoology> Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.

3. <zoology> One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.

4. <botany> Any plant of the order Naiadaceae, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.

Origin: L. Naias, -adis, nais, -idis, a water nymph, Gr, fr. To flow: cf. F. Naiade. Cf. Naid.

Source: Websters Dictionary


anodontia (medicine)


anodontia
Congenital absence of the teeth; it may involve all (total anodontia) or only some of the teeth (partial anodontia, hypodontia), and both the deciduous and the permanent dentition, or only teeth of the permanent dentition.