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Deferent
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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adjective Anatomy.
1.
conveying away; efferent.
2.
of or pertaining to the vas deferens.
noun
3.
Astronomy. (in the Ptolemaic system) the circle around the earth in which a celestial body or the center of the epicycle of its orbit was thought to move.
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Word Origin & History
deferent
1620s, from Fr. déférent (16c.), from L. deferentem, prp. of deferre "to carry down or away" (see defer (2)). Earlier in M.E. as a word in astronomy (early 15c.).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
deferent def·er·ent (děf'ər-ənt, děf'rənt)
adj.
Carrying down or away, as a duct or vessel.
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