| 单词 |
nates |
| 释义 |
nates, n. pl. Anat. and Med.|ˈneɪtiːz|
[a. L. natēs, pl. of natis rump, buttock.]
1. The buttocks, haunches.
1706in Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1754–64Smellie Midwifery III. 101, I had several cases in which the nates presented. 1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. 29 An adipose tumour growing beneath the skin of the nates. 1876Gross Dis. Bladder, etc. 261 A piece of oil-cloth, placed under the nates, will more effectually secure this object.
2. The anterior and larger pair of the optic lobes (corpora quadrigemina) of the brain.
1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Nates, two prominences in the brain, so called because in the form of buttocks. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. vi. ii. 361 The different magnitude of the Nates, and some other Parts of the Brain, in Beasts. 1756Gentl. Mag. XXVI. 517/1 The nates too were very large and broad, and near two inches in length. 1840G. V. Ellis Anat. 47 The anterior pair,—the nates, larger than the posterior. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 345 The anterior tubercles or nates are connected with the optic tracts.
3. The umbones of a bivalve shell (Cent. Dict.). |
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