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allusion (oh) and camptomelia (medicine)


allusion (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Late Latin; Origin: allusio, from Latin alludere; ALLUDE]
something said or written that mentions a subject, person etc indirectly
allusion to
::The committee made no allusion to the former President in its report.
literary/classical/cultural etc allusions
::Eliot's poetry is full of biblical allusions.
::In his poetry we find many allusions to the human body.
-- allusive /-sIv/ adj [only before noun]

camptomelia (medicine)


camptomelia


A skeletal dysplasia characterised by a bending of the long bones of the extremities, resulting in a permanent bowing or curvature of the affected part.

Origin: G. Kamptos, bent, + melos, limb