pouch
121container pouch — A pouch that contains several small or lightly loaded pouches all dispatched to the same downstream point for delivery to individual destinations. It reduces handling and prevents loss between origin and delivery points …
122throwoff pouch — An emptied pouch whose contents have been sorted into other pouches …
123way pouch — A pouch containing mail for post offices along a certain route. It is opened at each office to remove local mail and add mail from that office to other destinations on the route …
124working pouch — A pouch of First Class Mail for distribution at the unit of address …
125J-pouch coloanal anastomosis — A surgical procedure in which the colon is attached to the anus after the rectum has been removed. A 2 4 inch section of the colon is formed into a J shaped pouch in order to replace the function of the rectum and store stool until it can be… …
126branchial pouch — noun : one of the respiratory cavities in the branchial clefts of cyclostomes and some sharks * * * Embryol. one of a series of rudimentary outcroppings of the inner pharyngeal wall, corresponding to the branchial grooves on the surface. Also… …
127gill pouch — /gil/. See branchial pouch. [1900 05] * * * gill pouch noun One of a pair of outgrowths on the wall of the pharynx, found in cyclostomes and present at the embryonic stage in all vertebrates, developing, in fish, into openings (gill slits)… …
128Cheek pouch — Cheek Cheek (ch[=e]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[ a]ce, ce[ o]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.] 1. The side of the face below the eye. [1913 Webster] 2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] Caucer. [1913 Webster] 3.… …
