CHAPERON

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 8

(Fr.), n. Sha8p-ear-ona. 1. An old name for the prepuce. 2. In entomology, the labrum or any cup-like portion of the head. 3. In certain Crustacea, the space between the eyes when this is not prolonged forward in a rostrum. [L, 41, 180.] C. de moine. 1. The Arum maculatum. 2. The Aconitum napellus. [B, 38.] [s. 204]