What does "galea" mean?
Galea: (Surg.) A kind of bandage for the head.
Additional senses
- 2.(Pathol.) Headache extending all over the head.
- 3.(Paleon.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.
- 4.(Zoöl.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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