See Also: ramus externus nervi accessorii(medicine)
ramus communicans nervi glossopharyngei cum ramo auriculari nervi vagalis(medicine)
ramus inferior nervi oculomotorii(medicine)
ramus lateralis nervi supraorbitalis(medicine)
ramus cervicalis nervi facialis(medicine)
ramus zygomaticotemporalis nervi zygomatici(medicine)
ramus infrapatellaris nervi sapheni(medicine)
ramus stylohyoideus nervi facialis(medicine)
ramus zygomaticofacialis nervi zygomatici(medicine)
ramus genitalis nervi genitofemoralis(medicine)

ramus externus nervi accessorii (medicine) and poison(2) (iou)


ramus externus nervi accessorii (medicine)


ramus externus nervi accessorii -->
spinal root of accessory nerve
<anatomy, nerve> Originates from the upper five or six cervical spinal segments, emerges from the lateral surface of the spinal cord and ascends through the foramen magnum to join the cranial root.

Synonym: radices spinales nervi accessorii, ramus externus nervi accessorii, pars spinalis nervi accessorii, spinal part of accessory nerve.


poison(2) (iou)



poison verb trans. ME.
[Old French poisonner give to drink, from poison: see the noun.]
Administer poison to; introduce poison into the system of; kill or injure by means of poison. ME.
Dryden The Water-Snake..lyes poyson'd in his Bed. V. S. Pritchett Mashenka had poisoned her husband.
b. Produce deleterious changes in (the blood, a wound, a limb, etc.) by impregnation or infusion of a harmful natural agent, as bacteria, a toxin, etc. E17.
blood-poisoning: see BLOOD noun.
Impregnate, taint, or infect (air, water, etc.) with poison so as to make it harmful to life; charge or smear (a weapon) with poison. LME.
poisoned chalice [Shakes. Macb.] fig. an assignment, award, honour, etc., which is likely to prove a disadvantage or source of problems to the recipient.
B. Malamud You're poisoning my Food to kill me off.
fig.
a. Corrupt, pervert morally; turn to error or evil. LME.
P. Toynbee Their suppressed guilt poisons their minds.
b. Prove harmful or destructive to (an action, state, etc.); spoil (one's pleasure etc.). E17.
A. Koestler Venality and corruption were poisoning public life. Rugby World & Post The game was poisoned by a stamping incident.
Make unfit for its purpose by some deleterious addition or application. E16.
C. G. W. Lock Their furnaces were..'poisoned', and rendered unfit for refining.
b. Chemistry. Of a substance: reduce or destroy the activity of (a catalyst). E20.
c. Act as a poison in (a nuclear reactor or fuel). M20.
poisonable adjective (a) poisonous; (b) able to be poisoned; subject to poison: L15.
poisoner noun (a) a person who or (less usu.) a thing which poisons someone or something; (b) Austral. & NZ slang a cook, esp. for large numbers: LME.