STAPHYLINE
\stˈafɪlˌa͡ɪn], \stˈafɪlˌaɪn], \s_t_ˈa_f_ɪ_l_ˌaɪ_n]\
Definitions of STAPHYLINE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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staf'i-lin, adj. of the form of a bunch of grapes.--ns. STAPH'YLE, the uvula; STAPHYL[=O]'MA, STAPHYL[=O]'SIS, a protrusion of any of the coats of the eye.--adjs. STAPHYLOMAT'IC; STAPHYL[=O]'MATOUS.--ns. STAPH'YLOPLASTY, the operation for replacing the soft palate; STAPHYLOR'APHY, the operation of uniting a cleft palate; STAPHYLOT'OMY, the amputation of the uvula. [Gr. staphyl[=e], a bunch of grapes, the uvula.]
By Thomas Davidson
