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Clype

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• Clypeate

  [klip-ee-it, -eyt] /ˈklɪp i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/ adjective, Biology. 1. shaped like a round shield or buckler.

• Clypeus

  [klip-ee-uh s] /ˈklɪp i əs/ noun, plural clypei [klip-ee-ahy, -ee-ee] /ˈklɪp iˌaɪ, -iˌi/ (Show IPA) 1. the area of the facial wall of an insect’s head between the labrum and the frons, usually separated from the latter by a groove. /ˈklɪpɪəs/ noun (pl) clypei (ˈklɪpɪˌaɪ) 1. a cuticular plate on the head of some insects […]

• Clysis

  [klahy-sis] /ˈklaɪ sɪs/ noun, plural clyses [klahy-sees] /ˈklaɪ sis/ (Show IPA). Medicine/Medical. 1. the administration of an enema. 2. intravenous administration of any of a number of solutions to provide nutriment, replace lost body fluid or control blood pressure. clysis cly·sis (klī’sĭs) n. pl. cly·ses (-sēz’) An infusion of fluid, usually subcutaneously, for therapeutic purposes.

• Clyster

  [klis-ter] /ˈklɪs tər/ noun, Medicine/Medical. 1. an enema. /ˈklɪstə/ noun 1. (med) a former name for an enema n. from French clystère (Old French clistre, 13c.) or directly from Latin clyster, from Greek klyster, from klyzein “to wash out” (see cloaca). clyster clys·ter (klĭs’tər) n. An enema.

• Clytaemnestra

  also Clytemnestra, wife and murderess of Agamemnon, from Greek Klytaimnestra, from klytos “celebrated, heard of” (see loud) + mnester “wooer, suitor,” literally “willing to mind, mindful of,” related to mnasthai “to remember,” from PIE root *men- “to think” (see mind (n.)).

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