CYMBA

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 22

(Lat.), n. f. Siam(kum)'ba3. Gr., icv/i0i}. 1. A boat or any boat-shaped structure. [A, 311.] 2. A sponge spicule when it is c.-shaped. [L, 181.1 3. That portion of the fo a conchas that lies above the spine of the helix. [L, 31.1 C. concha). See C (3d def.), CYMB.*: [s. 486]