See Also: Scarpa's method(medicine)
Scarpa's triangle(medicine)
Scarpa's liquor(medicine)
Scarpa's membrane(medicine)
Scarpa's sheath(medicine)
Scarpa's habenula(medicine)
Scarpa's ganglion(medicine)
Scarpa, Antonio(medicine)
Scarpa's foramina(medicine)
Scarpa's fluid(medicine)

pupa (oh) and Scarpa's method (medicine)


pupa (oh)



[C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: Latin, 'girl, doll']
an insect at the stage before it becomes adult, when it is protected by a special cover
::moth pupae
-- pupal adj [only before noun]
::the pupal stage

Scarpa's method (medicine)


Scarpa's method
Cure of aneurysm by ligation of the artery at some distance above the sac.