unguisn.
/ˈʌŋɡwɪs/, U.S. /ˈəŋɡwᵻs/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > growth or ulcer
ungulac1400
nailc1425
haw?1550
pterygium1562
aegilops1578
ungle1583
encanthis1616
argema1661
unguis1684
phlyctenule1819
pinguecula1850
1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 240 Pterygium,..a membranous Excrescence above the horney Tunic of the Eye, called Unguis and Ungula.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Pannus The Pannus is an Excrescence..less hard and membranous than the Unguis.
2. Botany. The narrow part of a petal, by which it is attached to the receptacle.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal > part of
foot1626
unguis1728
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In preparing of Medicines, the Ungues, or Unguicili, are pull'd off the Flowers.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. iii. 7 Each Petal consists of Unguis, a Claw, which is the lower Part fastened to the Base.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 284 The inner segments of the perianthium being petaloid, with the stamens proceeding from the top of their ungues.
1879 A. Gray in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) I. vi. §4. 245 The expanded portion of a petal..is the Lamina or Blade; any much contracted base is the Unguis or Claw.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > obstetrical equipment > [noun]
birth stool1627
forceps1634
ungula1684
unguis1752
fillet1753
crotchet1754
lack1754
tire-tête1754
perforator1790
vectis1790
cranioclast1860
binder1861
stirrup1936
vacuum extractor1954
birthing stool1956
ventouse1960
1752 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. Introd. p. xii [Hippocrates] directs us to introduce the hand,..dividing the parts with an unguis fixed on the great finger.
4. Zoology, etc. A nail or claw.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot with claws > talon or claw
clawa700
clivera1000
naillOE
cleafre?c1225
cleche?c1225
crook?c1225
clutchc1230
cleec1250
pawc1330
cromea1400
clawrec1400
pouncea1475
talons?a1475
ungle1481
ongle1484
gripe1578
sere1606
unce1609
pouncer1704
unguisc1790
griff1820
c1790 Encycl. Brit. VI. 680/1 Tarsus, or foot..Unguis, or claw.
1819 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ i. 66 The size of their tarsi and ungues, and their comparatively small pectus.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 526 Dasyus..has the ungues of the two fore-feet..bifid, the others entire.
1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 102 There it is always terminated by a hard, horny, unguis or ‘nail’, more or less distinct.
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