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domino /domˈi-nō/ noun (pl domˈinoes or domˈinos)- A cape with a hood worn by a master or by a priest
- A long cloak of black silk with a hood, used at masked balls, or its wearer
- A mask covering the upper half of the face
- One of the oblong pieces with which the game of domˈinoes /-nōz/ is played, usu twenty-eight in number, divided into two compartments, each of which is a blank or marked with from one to six spots
- A card game played in a similar way
- The end
- A mistake in performance (music; informal)
adjective- Involving a series of multiple transplant operations on different patients (surgery)
- Denoting antenatal and postnatal care, together with a hospital delivery supervised by one's own midwife (obstetrics)
ORIGIN: Appar Sp dominó, dómino, in some way connected with L dominus master domino theory noun The theory that one event sets off a series of similar events, thus exhibiting the domino effect, the fall of one domino standing on end causing the whole row to fall in turn |