Agma
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
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noun
(phonetics) the symbol (ŋ), used to represent a velar nasal consonant, as in long (lɒŋ) or tank (tæŋk)
noun
a velar nasal consonant speech sound, represented by ‘ng’ as in thing
Word Origin
Gk. lit. fragment
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- Agminate
aggregated together. Historical Examples The solitary and agminate glands of the intestine are not affected, save as the result of special complications. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Various adjective gathered or clustered together
- Agminate glands
agminate glands agminate glands ag·mi·nate glands (āg’mə-nāt’, -nĭt) pl.n. See aggregated lymphatic follicles. Historical Examples The solitary and agminate glands of the intestine are not affected, save as the result of special complications. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Various
- Agn
abbreviation active galactic nucleus See active galaxy active galactic nucleus again (shortwave transmission)
- Agnail
. . Historical Examples I am told that an “agnail” was formerly called a “step-mother” in Yorkshire. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Ernest Weekley noun another name for hangnail agnail ag·nail (āg’nāl’) n. A hangnail. A painful sore or swelling around a fingernail or toenail.
- Agnate
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males. any male relation on the father’s side. related or akin through males or on the father’s side. allied or akin. Historical Examples When the father died, the nearest male of kin, even though declared unqualified as an agnate, came in as guardian. Woman under socialism August […]