DOME

n. Dom. Gr., 0dA<*. Lat., tholus. Fr., dome. Ger., Dom. A structure shaped like a roof that slopes from the centre toward all points of the periphery; the vault-like covering of a vesicle or pustule; the cupola of the cochlea; the hood of a furnace, etc. [L, 109, 158.] Cortical d. See CHONE. D.-trocar. See under TROCAR. [s. 606]