paxwax

n. 项部韧带 [医] 颈韧带

词形变化

not attested 复数

别名

packwax

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds, connecting the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae; the nuchal ligament.

    废旧 医学

词源

From Middle English paxwax, a modification of faxwax (“nuchal ligament”), from fax (“head hair”) + waxen (“to grow”). See wax (“to grow”), and compare faxed.

来源：wiktionary