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cyrto-|sɜːtəʊ-|
repr. Gr. κυρτο- from κυρτός curved, arched. In some recent technical terms, as cyrtoˈceratite Palæont., a fossil cephalopod of the genus Cyrtoceras, having the shell incurved or bent like a horn. So cyrtoceraˈtitic, cyrˈtoceran adjs.; cyrtoˈceratid, a member of the family containing Cyrtoceras. ˈcyrtograph, an instrument for the same purpose as the cyrtometer (Syd. Soc. Lex.). ˈcyrtoid, a., resembling a hump or swelling on the back (Syd. Soc. Lex.). ˈcyrtolite Min., a variety of zircon with the pyramidal planes convex (Dana). cyrˈtometer [F. cyrtomètre], an instrument for measuring and recording the curves of the chest; also (Wilson's C.) for measurement of the head; whence cyrtoˈmetric a., cyrˈtometry. ˈcyrtostyle, a circular portico projecting from the front or other part of a building (Webster, 1864).
1867Amer. Jrnl. Sc. Ser. ii. XLIV. 224 Before the blow⁓pipe cyrtolite glows brilliantly. 1870S. Gee Auscultation & Perc. ii. 10 The Cyrtometer. 1879Khory Princ. Med. 45 When the outlines are drawn on paper by the help of the cyrtometer. 1885Lancet 26 Sept., A cyrtometric tracing taken of the chest about the nipple level. |