GROSS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 9

adj. Gros. Gr., iraXvs (1st def.). Lat., cra us (1st def.). Fr., gros. Ger., grob, g. 1. Coarse, bulky. 2. Pertaining to a thing as a whole, without regard to minutiae (as in the expre ions g. anatomy, g. appearances, etc.). U2, blue; U8, lull; U4, full; U5, urn; U, like tt (German). [s. 243]