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leio-|ˈlaɪəʊ| also lio-, comb. form of Gr. λεῖος smooth, appearing as the first element of certain scientific words, as: leiodere |ˈlaɪəʊdɪə(r)| Zool. [Gr. δέρος skin], one of the genus Leiodera of American iguanoid lizards (Cent. Dict.). leioglossate |-ˈglɒsət| a. [Gr. γλῶσσα tongue], having the characteristics of the group Leioglossa of octopod cephalopods, which have no radula. ‖ leiomyoma |-maɪˈəʊmə| Path. [see myoma], ‘the form of myoma which is composed of unstriated muscular fibre’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1888). leiophyllous |-ˈfɪləs| a. Bot. [Gr. ϕύλλον], having smooth leaves. leiotrichous |laɪˈɒtrɪkəs| a. [Gr. τριχ-, θρίξ hair], smooth-haired, belonging to the group ‖ Leiˈotrichi, one of the two primary divisions into which mankind is considered by some to be divisible; hence leiˈotrichy, the condition of having straight lank hair.
1855R. G. Mayne Expos. Lex. Med. Sci. (1860) 581/2 Leiotrichus, having smooth hair: leiotrichous. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 132 Bory de St. Vincent's two primary divisions of the genus Homo, the Leiotrichi, or smooth-haired, and the Ulotrichi, or crisp-haired. 1881West in Jrnl. Bot. X. 115 This species belongs to the orthocarpous leiophyllous Hypnaceae. 1909Leiotrichous [see cymotrichous a.]. 1924A. C. Haddon Races of Man (ed. 2) 5 For practical purposes these varieties of hair-form may be grouped as follows: (1) Leio⁓trichy.., or straight hair, [etc.]. 1935Huxley & Haddon We Europeans iv. 114 Leiotrichy: the condition of straight lank hair, hanging straight down, as among the Chinese and certain other yellow-skinned peoples of Asia, and among the Eskimo. 1936Leiotrichy [see cymotrichous a.].
Add: leiomyosarˈcoma Path., a malignant sarcoma arising from smooth muscle.
1914F. B. Mallory Princ. Pathologic Histol. i. 307 Leiomyoblastomas grow at various rates... They are commonly called leiomyomas, or fibroids... The term *leiomyosarcoma has been used. 1976Path. Ann. XI. 330 Malignant glandular epithelial cells, as a rule, are not present unless the tumor is a mixed mesodermal tumor rather than pure leiomyosarcoma. 1984Tighe & Davies Pathology (ed. 4) xvi. 149 Neoplasms of the small intestine are rare and include..leiomyosarcoma. |