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Definition of Calix
1. n. A cup. See Calyx.
Definition of Calix
1. a cup [n -LICES]
Medical Definition of Calix
1. A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure; specifically one of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project. Synonym: calyx. Origin: L. Fr. G. Kalyx, the cup of a flower (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calix
Literary usage of Calix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1900)
"calix view of another specimen somewhat reduced, showing at the side a strong,
... The diameter of the calix is equal to or greater than the height of the ..."
2. Proceedings of the Workshop on Long-lived Radionuclide Chemistry in Nuclear by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (1998)
"Mono crowns calix[4]arenes were synthesised by R. Ungaro (University of Parma) and
... The complexing properties of several calix[n]arenes functionalised by ..."
3. Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works: A Handbook Containing Two by Clara Erskine Clement Waters, Laurence Hutton (1879)
"Compte-calix, Francois Claudius. (Fr.) Born at Lyons, 1813. Medals in 1844, '57, '59,
and '63. ... calix ..."
4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... his Expedition against the Muscovite; his Marriage with the Cans daughter;
his overthrowing of calix. ..."
5. An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology by John William Mollett (1883)
"... from calix, a cup). A sacred vessel used in the celebration of the mass.
channel column. Fig. 149. Chalice, silver-gill—i^lh century. ..."
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