EMBOITEMENT

Em`boƮte"ment`, n. Etym: [F., fr. emboƮter to fit in, insert; en in + boƮte box.] (Biol.)

Definition: The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preƫxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

12 February 2025

MEGACOLON

(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprungā€™s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.

coffee icon