apparatus : Idioms & Phrases


apparatus urogenitalis

  • noun the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
    genitourinary apparatus; urinary system; systema urogenitale; urogenital system; apparatus urogenitalis; urinary apparatus; genitourinary system.
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auditory apparatus

  • noun all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
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breathing apparatus

  • noun a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure
    ventilator; breathing machine; breathing device.
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buffing apparatus

Buff"ing ap`pa*ra"tus
Definitions
  1. See Buffer, 1.
Webster 1913

Digestive apparatus

  • the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it.
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genitourinary apparatus

  • noun the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
    genitourinary apparatus; urinary system; systema urogenitale; urogenital system; apparatus urogenitalis; urinary apparatus; genitourinary system.
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Germination apparatus

  • an apparatus for malting grain.
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golgi apparatus

  • noun a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
    Golgi body; dictyosome; Golgi complex.
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gymnastic apparatus

  • noun sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises
    exerciser.
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Immovable apparatus

  • (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place.
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Jacquard apparatusarrangement

  • a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing the required figure.
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kipp's apparatus

  • noun a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas (usually hydrogen sulfide) by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating
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lacrimal apparatus

  • noun the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye
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urinary apparatus

  • noun the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
    genitourinary apparatus; urinary system; systema urogenitale; urogenital system; apparatus urogenitalis; urinary apparatus; genitourinary system.
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urogenital apparatus

  • noun the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
    genitourinary apparatus; urinary system; systema urogenitale; urogenital system; apparatus urogenitalis; urinary apparatus; genitourinary system.
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vestibular apparatus

  • noun organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium
    vestibular system.
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