Tuesday's Word
meniscus* (men-is'kus) [Gr. meniskos, crescent]. (pl. menisci) 1. Concavoconvex lens. 2. Interarticular fibrocartilage of crescent shape, found in certain joints, esp. the lateral and medial menisci (semilunar cartilages) of the knee joint. 3. The curved upper surface of a liquid in a container. The surface is convex if the liquid does not wet the container and concave if it does.
This week's Word comes by way of aquaintances' suggestions.
*Taber's CYCLOPEDIC MEDICAL DICTIONARY
7 Comments:
GREAT weekly woid!
Thanks, Rose!
Found you over at the Blue Gal.
I have two suggestions -- words I've long considered fun and unusual:
ennead
arrhenotoky
Yes, that last one is spelled correctly. I just googled it to check ;o)
Thanks, Douglas. I love Blue Gal! Will look into your ideas after checking the dictionary!
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