clavus
Americannoun
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Psychiatry. an intense headache in which the pain is likened to one that would be produced by a sharp object driven into the skull.
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(in ancient Rome) a vertical stripe or band of purple worn on the tunic by senators and equites.
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Entomology. clavola.
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Etymology
Origin of clavus
1800–10; < Latin: literally, nail; akin to claudere to close
Example Sentences
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But in this case, scientists discovered a giant structure built entirely out of one species of coral, known as Pavona clavus.
From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 27, 2024
The coral is a species called Pavona clavus and provides a home to shrimp, crabs, fish and other marine creatures.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024
Under such circumstances the most complete an�mia was developed, and very often the patient became a martyr to clavus in its severest forms.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
Immo neque hasta fuit, neque clavus, sed neque spina: Hei mihi, spina tamen, clavus et hasta fuit.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Perfectly valueless for the really severe neuralgias, it is of the greatest possible use as a palliative in migraine and clavus, where the great object, for the moment, is to get the patient to sleep.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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