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the appearance of the gallbladder in cholecystography, showing kinking between the body and the fundus, with the fundus being fixed and folded.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Phrygian cap — Phryg i*an cap A close fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so called {liberty cap}, or {cap of liberty}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Phrygian cap — The Phrygian cap is a soft, red, conical cap with the top pulled forward, worn in antiquity by the inhabitants of Phrygia, a region of central Anatolia. In sculpture, paintings and caricatures it represents freedom and the pursuit of… … Wikipedia
Phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian or oriental dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap. [1840 50] * * * soft felt or wool conical headdress fitting… … Universalium
phrygian cap — noun Usage: usually capitalized P : a close fitting cap represented in Greek art as conical and identified in modern art with the liberty cap compare bonnet rouge … Useful english dictionary
PHRYGIAN CAP — a cap worn by the Phrygians, and worn in modern times as the symbol of freedom … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Phrygian cap — 9th to end of 12th century. Common pointed cap with the apex turned over slightly towards the front … Medieval glossary
Phrygian cap — the normal radiological appearance of the tip of the gall bladder, seen in a minority of cholecystograms (see cholecystography). Its name is derived from its resemblance to the characteristic Balkan headgear … The new mediacal dictionary
Phrygian — late 15c., native of Phrygia, region in ancient Asia Minor; Phrygian mode in Greek music theory is from 1570s (it was held to be of a warlike character ). Phrygian cap (1796) was the type adopted by freed slaves in Roman times, and subsequently… … Etymology dictionary
Phrygian — can refer to: *A person from Phrygia *Phrygian cap once characteristic of the region * Phrygian language *Phrygian mode in music * Phrygian Valley, a historic location in northwestern Turkey … Wikipedia
cap of liberty — Phrygian cap Phryg i*an cap A close fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so called {liberty cap}, or {cap of liberty}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
