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glossocomon

glossocomon noun: a kind of winch used to hoist patients.

Noun

glossocomon (plural glossocoma)

  1. (Ancient Greece) A kind of winch used to hoist patients.

Forms of glossocomon

pluralglossocoma

Origin of glossocomon

Apparently from Ancient Greek γλωσσόκομον (glōssókomon, “a case for flute mouthpieces”).

Questions about glossocomon

What does glossocomon mean?
Glossocomon means a kind of winch used to hoist patients.
What part of speech is glossocomon?
Glossocomon is a noun.
What is the plural of glossocomon?
The plural of glossocomon is glossocoma.

Words near glossocomon in the dictionary

  1. glossmeter
  2. glossmeters
  3. glosso-
  4. glossocele
  5. glossocoma
  6. glossocomon
  7. Glossodia
  8. glossodynia
  9. glossoepiglottic
  10. glossoepiglottidean
  11. glossogenesis

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