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1. bigram, n. View full entry 1916
...Med. An electrocardiogram regarded as the summation of the electrical activity of the two ventricles of the heart. Now disused....
2. electric organ, n. View full entry 1773
...Zool. In certain fishes: an organ which is used to produce an electrical discharge for stunning prey, sensing the surroundings, or defence....
3. nebulosity, n. View full entry 1762
...Astron. An indistinctly luminous or hazy appearance or state; nebulous quality. Also: matter having such an appearance or form; (as a count noun) an indistinct, faintly luminous mass, a nebula or...
4. nucleus, n. View full entry 1668
...Astron....
5. oat-like, adj. View full entry 1702
...Resembling an oat plant, or that of an oat plant....
6. parieto-, comb. form View full entry 1853
...Anat. and Zool. Forming chiefly adjectives expressing a connection or relationship between the parietal bone or the parietal lobe and another part....
7. superphosphate, n. View full entry 1798
...Chem. A phosphate containing an excess of phosphoric acid; an acid phosphate. Now disused except in superphosphate of lime, calcium superphosphate: cf. sense 2...
