breathing external respiration respiration ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation |
external gill | occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians |
auxiliary storage external storage secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
external drive | a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable |
false teeth | a removable denture |
external body part | any body part visible externally |
auditory meatus acoustic meatus ear canal auditory canal external auditory canal | either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane |
dentition teeth | the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal |
external organ | an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body |
external ear outer ear | the part of the ear visible externally |
external carotid artery external carotid | the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head |
facial artery arteria facialis external maxillary artery | an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face |
external iliac artery | the outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body, becomes the femoral artery |
external nasal vein vena nasalis externa | one of the veins that drain the external nose and empty into the angular or facial vein |
external iliac vein | a continuation of the femoral vein, unites with the internal iliac vein to form the common iliac vein |
external jugular vein | formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins, empties into the subclavian vein |
urethral orifice external orifice | the orifice through which urine is discharged |
external oblique muscle musculus obliquus externus abdominis abdominal external oblique muscle oblique | a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso |
external | outward features, he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion |
exterior angle external angle | the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon |
bite seize with teeth | to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws, Gunny invariably tried to bite her |
fly in the face of fly in the teeth of | go against, This action flies in the face of the agreement |
external | happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface, the external auditory canal, external pressures |
external | purely outward or superficial, external composure, an external concern for reputation- A.R.Gurney,Jr. |
external international outside(a) | from or between other countries, external commerce, international trade, developing nations need outside help |
external extraneous outside | coming from the outside, extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph, relying upon an extraneous income, disdaining outside pressure groups |