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torcular |
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▪ I. ‖ torcular, n.|ˈtɔːkjuːlə(r)|
[L., a press for wine or oil; also an oil-cellar.]
1. Anat. (in full torcular Herophili) = press of Herophilus: see press n.1 12 b.
1657Physical Dict., Torcular, a press. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Torcular Herophili, that place where the four Cavities of the thick Skin of the Brain [Dura Mater] are joyned. 1840G. V. Ellis Anat. 56 Its opening into the torcular Herophili is sometimes double. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 152 A pus-laden clot extending to the neighbourhood of the torcular.
2. Surg. A tourniquet.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Torcular, among chirurgions, a contrivance for stopping bleedings in amputations. 1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Torcular..applied to the tourniquet.
▪ II. ˈtorcular, a.
[ad. L. torculārius, f. torcular: see prec. (In 2 arbitrary f. torques: see torque n.1)]
1. Anat. Pertaining to or connected with the torcular Herophili: see prec. 1.
1656Blount Glossogr. s.v. Vein, Torcular vein (vena torcularia), the second branch of the outward throat vein. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 602 Never plug the torcular end of the sinus if it can possibly be helped.
†2. Twisted, spiral, torqued. Obs. rare—1.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., The Turbinate have a torcular shell, out of the middest whereof commeth the head with two hornes.
So † torcuˈlarious, a. Obs. rare—0. (See quots.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Torcularious.., of, or belonging to a Presse that squieseth grapes. 1658Phillips, Torcularious, belonging to a Vine presse. |
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