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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

plica aryepiglottica
Synonym for aryepiglottic fold ... A prominent fold of mucous membrane stretching between the lateral margin of the epiglottis and the arytenoid cartilage on either side; it encloses the aryepiglottic muscle. ... Synonym: plica aryepiglottica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica axillaris
Synonym for axillary fold ... One of the folds of skin and muscular tissue bounding the axilla anteriorly and posteriorly. ... Synonym: plica axillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica caecalis vascularis
Synonym for vascular fold of the caecum ... <anatomy> A peritoneal fold that arches over a branch of the ileocolic artery and bounds in front a narrow recess, the superior ileocaecal (or ileocolic) recess. ... Synonym: plica caecalis vascularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica chordae tympani
Synonym for fold of chorda tympani ... The fold of mucosa that surrounds the chorda tympani nerve in its course through the tympanic cavity. ... Synonym: plica chordae tympani. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica choroidea
In the embryo, an infolding of the chorion from which the choroid plexus develops. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica duodenalis inferior
Synonym for inferior duodenal fold ... A fold of peritoneum bounding the inferior duodenal recess. ... Synonym: plica duodenalis inferior, plica duodenomesocolica, duodenomesocolic fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica duodenalis superior
Synonym for superior duodenal fold ... A fold of peritoneum bounding the superior duodenal recess. ... Synonym: plica duodenalis superior, plica duodenojejunalis, duodenojejunal fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica duodenojejunalis
An alternate term for superior duodenal fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica duodenomesocolica
An alternate term for inferior duodenal fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica epigastrica
Synonym for lateral umbilical fold ... The ridge on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall formed by the inferior epigastric vessels. ... Synonym: plica umbilicalis lateralis, epigastric fold, plica epigastrica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica fimbriata
One of several folds running outward from the frenulum on the undersurface of the tongue. ... Synonym: fimbriated fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica glossoepiglottica lateralis
Synonym for lateral glossoepiglottic fold ... The fold of mucous membrane that extends from the margin of the epiglottis to the pharyngeal wall and base of the tongue on each side, forming the lateral boundary of the epiglottic valleculae. ... Synonym: plica glossoepiglottica lateralis, pharyngoepiglottic fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica glossoepiglottica mediana
Synonym for median glossoepiglottic fold ... <anatomy> A fold of mucous membrane in the midline that extends from the back of the tongue to the epiglottis, forming the medial boundary of the epiglottic valleculae. ... Synonym: plica glossoepiglottica mediana, frenulum epiglottidis, middle glossoepiglottic fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica gubernatrix
Synonym for genitoinguinal ligament ... <anatomy> In the foetus, a fold of the mesorchium containing the gubernaculum testis. ... Synonym: ligamentum genitoinguinale, plica gubernatrix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica hypogastrica
Synonym for medial umbilical fold ... A fold of peritoneum on the lower part of the anterior abdominal wall that covers the obliterated umbilical artery on either side of the urachus. ... Synonym: plica umbilicalis medialis, plica hypogastrica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica ileocaecalis
Synonym for ileocaecal fold ... A fold of peritoneum bounding the ileocaecal or ileoappendicular fossa. ... Synonym: plica ileocaecalis, Treves' fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica incudis
Synonym for incudal fold ... A variable fold of mucosa that passes from the roof of the tympanic cavity to the body and short limb of the incus. ... Synonym: plica incudis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica inguinalis
An embryonic mesodermal thickening that joins the caudal end of the urogenital ridge to the anterior abdominal wall; the gubernaculum of the testis develops in it. ... Synonym: inguinal fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica interdigitalis
Synonym for web of fingers/toes ... One of the folds of skin, or rudimentary web, between the fingers and toes. ... Synonym: interdigital folds, plica interdigitalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica interureterica
Synonym for interureteric fold ... A fold of mucous membrane extending from the orifice of the ureter of one side to that of the other side. ... Synonym: plica interureterica, bar of bladder, Mercier's bar, plica ureterica, torus uretericus, ureteric fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica lacrimalis
Synonym for lacrimal fold ... A fold of mucous membrane guarding the lower opening of the nasolacrimal duct. ... Synonym: plica lacrimalis, Bianchi's valve, Hasner's fold, Hasner's valve, Huschke's valve, Rosenmuller's valve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica longitudinalis duodeni
Synonym for longitudinal fold of duodenum ... A fold of mucosa on the medial wall of the descending part of the duodenum above the major duodenal papilla, probably caused by the relation to the common bile duct. ... Synonym: plica longitudinalis duodeni. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica lunata
Synonym for plica semilunaris conjunctivae ... The semilunar fold formed by the palpebral conjunctiva at the medial angle of the eye, a fold of the conjunctival mucous membrane found in many animals; normally partially hidden in the medial canthus of the eye when at rest, it may be extended to cover part or all of the cornea in a winking-like action …

plica mallearis
Synonym for mallear fold ... One of two ligamentous bands, anterior and posterior, making folds on the tympanic side of the tympanic membrane extending from each extremity of the tympanic notch to the malleolar prominence; they mark the boundary between the tense and the flaccid portions of the tympanic membrane. ... Synonym: plica mallearis, plica m …

plica membranae tympani
Synonym for mallear fold ... One of two ligamentous bands, anterior and posterior, making folds on the tympanic side of the tympanic membrane extending from each extremity of the tympanic notch to the malleolar prominence; they mark the boundary between the tense and the flaccid portions of the tympanic membrane. ... Synonym: plica mallearis, plica m …

plica nervi laryngei
Synonym for fold of superior laryngeal nerve ... <anatomy, nerve> The slight fold of mucosa in the piriform recess of the pharynx that encloses the superior laryngeal nerve. ... Synonym: plica nervi laryngei, fold of laryngeal nerve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica palatina transversa
Synonym for transverse palatine fold ... A masticatory vestige on the hard palate; one of several irregular, sometimes branching, crests of soft tissue that radiate from the region of the incisive papillae at their most anterior parts and extend a slight distance backward, crossing the hard palate and reaching laterally for variable distances. ... Sy …

plica palpebronasalis
Synonym for epicanthal fold ... A fold of skin that comes down across the inner angle of the eye. The epicanthal fold is more common in children with Down syndrome and other birth defects than normal children and so is of value in diagnosis. Although some dictionaries state that this eye fold is found in peoples of Asian origin, this is not true. Th …

plica paraduodenalis
Synonym for paraduodenal fold ... A sickle-shaped fold of peritoneum sometimes found arching between the left side of the duodenojejunal flexure and the medial border of the left kidney; its right free edge contains the ascending branch of the left colic artery and inferior mesenteric vein; forms anterior boundary of the paraduodenal recess. ... See: …

plica rectouterina
Synonym for sacrouterine fold ... A fold of peritoneum, containing the rectouterine muscle, passing from the sacrum to the base of the broad ligament on either side, forming the lateral boundary of the rectouterine (Douglas') pouch. ... Synonym: plica rectouterina, Douglas' fold, Jarjavay's ligament, Petit's ligament, rectouterine fold, uterosacral l …

plica rectovaginalis
Synonym for sacrovaginal fold ... The lower part of the sacrouterine fold. ... Synonym: plica rectovaginalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica salpingopalatina
Synonym for salpingopalatine fold ... A ridge of mucous membrane passing from the anterior border of the opening of the auditory (eustachian) tube to the palate. ... Synonym: plica salpingopalatina, plica tubopalatina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica salpingopharyngea
Synonym for salpingopharyngeal fold ... A ridge of mucous membrane extending from the lower end of the tubal elevation along the wall of the pharynx overlying the salpingopharyngeus muscle. ... Synonym: plica salpingopharyngea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica semilunaris
Synonym for semilunar fold ... The curved fold connecting the palatoglossal arch and palatopharyngeal arch above the supratonsillar fossa; it always contains lymphoid tissue. ... Synonym: plica semilunaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica semilunaris conjunctivae
The semilunar fold formed by the palpebral conjunctiva at the medial angle of the eye, a fold of the conjunctival mucous membrane found in many animals; normally partially hidden in the medial canthus of the eye when at rest, it may be extended to cover part or all of the cornea in a winking-like action to clean the cornea, as in birds. ... Synonym: …

plica semilunaris of colon
One of the folds of the wall of the colon between sacculations. ... Synonym: plica sigmoidea, semilunar fold of colon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica semilunaris of eye
Synonym for plica semilunaris conjunctivae ... The semilunar fold formed by the palpebral conjunctiva at the medial angle of the eye, a fold of the conjunctival mucous membrane found in many animals; normally partially hidden in the medial canthus of the eye when at rest, it may be extended to cover part or all of the cornea in a winking-like action …

plica sigmoidea
Synonym for plica semilunaris of colon ... One of the folds of the wall of the colon between sacculations. ... Synonym: plica sigmoidea, semilunar fold of colon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica spiralis ductus cystici
Synonym for spiral fold of cystic duct ... A series of crescentic folds of mucous membrane in the upper part of the cystic duct, arranged in a somewhat spiral manner. ... Synonym: plica spiralis ductus cystici, Amussat's valve, Heister's valve, spiral valve of cystic duct, valvula spiralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica stapedis
Synonym for stapedial fold ... A reflection of the delicate mucous membrane from the posterior wall of the tympanic cavity that covers the stapes. ... Synonym: plica stapedis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica sublingualis
Synonym for sublingual fold ... An elevation in the floor of the mouth beneath the tongue, on either side, marking the site of the sublingual gland. ... Synonym: plica sublingualis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica synovialis
Synonym for synovial fold ... A projection from the synovial membrane of a joint extending toward or between the two articular surfaces. ... Synonym: plica synovialis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica synovialis infrapatellaris
Synonym for infrapatellar synovial fold ... A fold of synovial membrane extending from below the level of the articular surface of the patella to the anterior part of the intercondylar fossa. ... Synonym: plica synovialis infrapatellaris, plica synovialis patellaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica synovialis patellaris
Synonym for infrapatellar synovial fold ... A fold of synovial membrane extending from below the level of the articular surface of the patella to the anterior part of the intercondylar fossa. ... Synonym: plica synovialis infrapatellaris, plica synovialis patellaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica triangularis
Synonym for triangular fold ... A fold of mucous membrane anterior to the palatine tonsil arising from the palatoglossal arch. ... Synonym: plica triangularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica tubopalatina
Synonym for salpingopalatine fold ... A ridge of mucous membrane passing from the anterior border of the opening of the auditory (eustachian) tube to the palate. ... Synonym: plica salpingopalatina, plica tubopalatina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica umbilicalis lateralis
Synonym for lateral umbilical fold ... The ridge on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall formed by the inferior epigastric vessels. ... Synonym: plica umbilicalis lateralis, epigastric fold, plica epigastrica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica umbilicalis media
Synonym for median umbilical fold ... A fold of peritoneum on the anterior wall of the abdomen covering the urachus, or remains of the allantoic stalk. ... Synonym: plica umbilicalis mediana, middle umbilical fold, plica umbilicalis media, plica urachi, urachal fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica umbilicalis medialis
Synonym for medial umbilical fold ... A fold of peritoneum on the lower part of the anterior abdominal wall that covers the obliterated umbilical artery on either side of the urachus. ... Synonym: plica umbilicalis medialis, plica hypogastrica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica umbilicalis mediana
Synonym for median umbilical fold ... A fold of peritoneum on the anterior wall of the abdomen covering the urachus, or remains of the allantoic stalk. ... Synonym: plica umbilicalis mediana, middle umbilical fold, plica umbilicalis media, plica urachi, urachal fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica urachi
Synonym for median umbilical fold ... A fold of peritoneum on the anterior wall of the abdomen covering the urachus, or remains of the allantoic stalk. ... Synonym: plica umbilicalis mediana, middle umbilical fold, plica umbilicalis media, plica urachi, urachal fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica ureterica
Synonym for interureteric fold ... A fold of mucous membrane extending from the orifice of the ureter of one side to that of the other side. ... Synonym: plica interureterica, bar of bladder, Mercier's bar, plica ureterica, torus uretericus, ureteric fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica uterovesicalis
Synonym for uterovesical ligament ... <anatomy> A peritoneal fold extending from the uterus to the posterior portion of the bladder. ... Synonym: plica uterovesicalis, plica vesicouterina, uterovesical fold, vesicouterine ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica venae cavae sinistrae
Synonym for fold of left vena cava ... A pericardial fold lying between the left oblique vein of the atrium and the left superior pulmonary vein containing the obliterated remains of the left superior vena cava. ... Synonym: plica venae cavae sinistrae, Marshall's vestigial fold, vestigial fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica ventricularis
Synonym for vestibular fold ... One of the pair of folds of mucous membrane stretching across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage; they enclose a space called the rima vestibuli or false glottis. ... Synonym: plica vestibularis, false vocal cord, plica ventricularis, ventricular band of larynx, vent …

plica vesicalis transversa
Synonym for transverse vesical fold ... A duplication of peritoneum passing over the empty bladder, but obliterated when the viscus is full. ... Synonym: plica vesicalis transversa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica vesicouterina
Synonym for uterovesical ligament ... <anatomy> A peritoneal fold extending from the uterus to the posterior portion of the bladder. ... Synonym: plica uterovesicalis, plica vesicouterina, uterovesical fold, vesicouterine ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica vestibularis
Synonym for vestibular fold ... One of the pair of folds of mucous membrane stretching across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage; they enclose a space called the rima vestibuli or false glottis. ... Synonym: plica vestibularis, false vocal cord, plica ventricularis, ventricular band of larynx, vent …

plica vestibuli
A fold of mucous membrane forming a ridge on the septum of the nose. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica villosa
One of the ridges of the mucous membrane of the stomach in the region of the pylorus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plica vocalis
Synonym for vocal fold ... One of Ferrein's cords; the sharp edge of a fold of mucous membrane overlying the vocal ligament and stretching along either wall of the larynx from the angle between the laminae of the thyroid cartilage to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; the vocal folds are the agents concerned in voice production. ... Synony …

plicae adiposae
Lobules of fat enveloped in the pleura, chiefly in the neighborhood of the costomediastinal sinus. ... Synonym: adipose folds of the pleura. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae alares
Synonym for alar folds ... Winglike lateral fringes or expansions of the plica synovialis infrapatellaris. ... Synonym: ligamenta alaria, plicae alares, alar ligaments, odontoid ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae ampullares tubae uterinae
Synonym for ampullary folds of uterine tube ... One of the folds of mucous membrane at the fimbriated extremity of the uterine tube. ... Synonym: plicae ampullares tubae uterinae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae caecales
Synonym for caecal folds ... The two peritoneal folds that border the retrocaecal fossa. ... Synonym: plicae caecales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae ciliares
Synonym for ciliary folds ... A number of low ridges in the furrows between the ciliary processes; together with the processes they constitute the corona ciliaris. ... Synonym: plicae ciliares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae circulares
The numerous folds of the mucous membrane of the small intestine, running transversely for about two-thirds of the circumference of the gut. ... Synonym: circular folds, Kerckring's folds, Kerckring's valves, valvulae conniventes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae epiglottica
Synonym for epiglottic folds ... One of the three folds of mucous membrane passing between the tongue and the epiglottis, lateral glossoepiglottic fold on either side, and median glossoepiglottic fold centrally. ... Synonym: plicae epiglottica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae gastricae
Synonym for rugae of stomach ... Characteristic folds of the gastric mucosa, especially evident when the stomach is contracted. ... Synonym: plicae gastricae, gastric folds, ruga gastrica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae gastropancreaticae
Synonym for gastropancreatic folds ... The folds of peritoneum in the omental bursa that encase the hepatic and left gastric arteries as these vessels pass toward their destinations. ... Synonym: plicae gastropancreaticae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae iridis
Synonym for folds of iris ... Numerous very fine, almost microscopic, radial folds on the posterior surface of the iris that extend around the pupillary margin. ... Synonym: plicae iridis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae palmatae
Synonym for palmate folds ... The two longitudinal ridges, anterior and posterior, in the mucous membrane lining the cervix uteri, from which numerous secondary folds, or rugae, branch off. ... Synonym: plicae palmatae, arbor vitae uteri, lyra uterina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicae recti
Synonym for transverse rectal folds ... The three or four crescentic folds placed horizontally in the rectal mucous membrane; the superior rectal fold is situated near the beginning of the rectum on the left side; the middle rectal fold (Nelaton's fold) is most prominent and consistent and projects from the right side about 8 cm above the anus (appr …

plicae transversales recti
Synonym for transverse rectal folds ... The three or four crescentic folds placed horizontally in the rectal mucous membrane; the superior rectal fold is situated near the beginning of the rectum on the left side; the middle rectal fold (Nelaton's fold) is most prominent and consistent and projects from the right side about 8 cm above the anus (appr …

plicae tubariae tubae uterinae
Synonym for tubal folds of uterine tubes ... Many longitudinal folds in the mucous membrane of the uterine (fallopian) tube. ... Synonym: plicae tubariae tubae uterinae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicamycin
<chemical> A tricyclic pentaglycosidic antibiotic from streptomyces strains that inhibits RNA and protein synthesis by adhering to DNA. It is used as a fluorescent dye and as an antineoplastic agent, especially in bone and testicular tumours. Plicamycin is also used to reduce hypercalcaemia, especially that due to malignancies. ... Pharmacolog …

plicate
Folded back and forth longitudinally like a fan. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

plication
A folding or putting together in pleats; specifically, an operation for reducing the size of a hollow viscus by taking folds or tucks in its walls. ... Origin: L. Plico, pp. -atus, to fold ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plicotomy
<procedure> Division of the plica mallearis. ... Origin: plica + G. Tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Plimmer, Henry
<person> English protozoologist, 1857-1918. ... See: Plimmer's bodies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Plimmer's bodies
An obsolete term for cancer bodies ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ploidies
The degree of replication of the chromosome set in the karyotype. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

ploidy
The number of sets of chromosomes within a cell or organism. Each set is designated n so one set is n is haploid, two sets is 2n is diploid, three sets is 3n is triploid, four sets is 4n is tetraploid, etc. Also, unspecified multiple sets (but more than two) is polyploidy, and extremely large number of sets may be designated by number (for example …

plombage
Formerly, the use of an inert material in collapse of the lung in the surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. ... Origin: Fr. Lit. Lead-work ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plosive
Speech sound made by impounding the air stream for a moment and then suddenly releasing it. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plot
1. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot. ... 2. A plantation laid out. ... 3. A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc, drawn to a scale. ... Origin: AS. Plot; cf. Goth. Plats a patch. Cf. Plat a piece of ground. ... 1. Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some pu …

Plotz bacillus
A small, Gram-positive bacterium suggested as the pathogenic agent of typhus fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Plotz, Harry
<person> U.S. Physician, 1890-1947. ... See: Plotz bacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plough
1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. 'Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.' (Dryden) ... 2. Agriculture; husbandry. ... 3. A carucate of land; a plowl …

plover
1. <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds. ... 2. <zoology> Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plo …

PLP
<abbreviation> Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate; parathyroid hormonelike protein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pluck
1. To pull; to draw. 'Its own nature . . . Plucks on its own dissolution.' (Je. Taylor) ... 2. Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes. 'I come to pluck your berries …

plug
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. ... 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. ... 3. A high, tapering silk hat. ... 4. A worthless horse. ... 5. A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. Hawse plug, a tapering valve, whi …

plugger
A dental instrument used for condensing gold (foil), amalgam, or any plastic material in a cavity, and which is operated by hand or by mechanical means. ... Synonym: packer, plugging instrument. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plugging instrument
Synonym for plugger ... A dental instrument used for condensing gold (foil), amalgam, or any plastic material in a cavity, and which is operated by hand or by mechanical means. ... Synonym: packer, plugging instrument. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

plum
A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. 'To visit islands and the plumps of men.' (Chapman) ... 1. <botany> The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree. 'The bullace, the damson, and the numerous variet …

plum pox virus
A species of the genus potyvirus that affects many species of prunus. It is transmitted by aphids and by infected rootstocks. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

plumage
<zoology> The entire clothing of a bird. ... It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies beneath the contour feathers. ... Ori …

plume
1. A feather; especially, a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. 'Wings . . . Of many a coloured plume.' (Milton) ... 2. <zoology> An ornamental tuft of feathers. ... 3. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers. 'His high plume, that nodde …

plummer-vinson syndrome
<radiology> Iron-deficiency anaemia, oesophageal webs (symptomatic), glossitis, spoon nails, middle-aged females, increased incidence of oesophageal carcinoma, see also: oesophageal webs and rings aka: Patterson-Kelly syndrome ... (12 Dec 1998) ...