1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lex. Med. Sci. (1860) 581/2Leiotrichus, having smooth hair: leiotrichous.
1866 Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 132Bory de St. Vincent's two primary divisions of the genus Homo, the Leiotrichi, or smooth-haired, and the Ulotrichi, or crisp-haired.
1881 West in Jrnl. Bot. X. 115This species belongs to the orthocarpous leiophyllous Hypnaceae.
1909 Leiotrichous . [ see cymotrichous a.]
1924 A. C. Haddon Races of Man (ed. 2) 5For practical purposes these varieties of hair-form may be grouped as follows: (1) Leio⁓trichy.., or straight hair, . [ etc.]
1935 Huxley & Haddon We Europeans iv. 114Leiotrichy: the condition of straight lank hair, hanging straight down, as among the Chinese and certain other yellow-skinned peoples of Asia, and among the Eskimo.
1936 Leiotrichy . [ see cymotrichous a.]
1914 F. B. Mallory Princ. PathologicHistol. i. 307Leiomyoblastomas grow at various rates... They are commonly called leiomyomas, or fibroids... The term *leiomyosarcoma has been used.
1976 Path. Ann. XI. 330Malignant glandular epithelial cells, as a rule, are not present unless the tumor is a mixed mesodermal tumor rather than pure leiomyosarcoma.
1984 Tighe & Davies Pathology (ed. 4) xvi. 149Neoplasms of the small intestine are rare and include..leiomyosarcoma.
leio-
word-forming element meaning "smooth," from Greek leio-, comb. form of leios "smooth." E.g. leiotrichy "condition of having straight, lank hair" (1924).
leio-
combining form
or lio-
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek leio-, from leios — more at lime
: smooth
< leiocephalous >
< leiophyllous >
< leiodermia >
or lio-
< leiocephalous >
< leiophyllous >
< leiodermia >