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单词 pallium
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pallium

[ pal-ee-uhm ]
/ ˈpæl i əm /
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noun, plural pal·li·a [pal-ee-uh], /ˈpæl i ə/, pal·li·ums.

a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
Ecclesiastical.
  1. a woolen vestment worn by the pope and conferred by him on archbishops, consisting, in its present form, of a narrow ringlike band that rests on the shoulders, with two dependent bands or lappets, one in front and one behind.
  2. an altar cloth; a pall.
Anatomy. the entire cortex of the cerebrum.
Zoology. a mantle, as of a mollusk or bird.

Origin of pallium

before 1150; Old English <Latin (not attested in ME); see pall1

Words nearby pallium

pallidal, pallidectomy, pallidoansotomy, pallidotomy, pallidum, pallium, pall-mall, pallor, pally, pally up, palm
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British Dictionary definitions for pallium

pallium
/ (ˈpælɪəm) /

noun plural -lia (-lɪə) or -liums

a garment worn by men in ancient Greece or Rome, made by draping a large rectangular cloth about the body
mainly RC Church a woollen vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging from it front and back: worn by the pope, all archbishops, and (as a mark of special honour) some bishops
Also called: mantle anatomy the cerebral cortex and contiguous white matter
zoology another name for mantle (def. 5)

Word Origin for pallium

C16: from Latin: cloak; related to Latin palla mantle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for pallium

pallium
[ pălē-əm ]

n. pl. pal•li•ums

The mantle of gray matter with the underlying white substance.brain mantle mantle
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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