accolé

alternative accolée · alternative accolee

1. not comparablebiologyCrescent-shaped.

   Sometimes the trophozoites are seen as crescent-shaped masses at the periphery of the erythrocyte (accolé forms ).

   2005, Mary Louise Turgeon, Clinical Hematology: Theory and Procedures, →ISBN, page 106

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   Ring forms of Plasmodium falciparum. note the multiple ring forms and appliqué (accolé) forms within the individual erythrocytes, which is characteristic of this organism.

   2012, Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael A. Pfaller, Medical Microbiology,with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access,7, →ISBN

   “Accolé” ring forms (occasionally met with in benign and quartan infection) are very common in malignant malaria and are seen as minute faint blue semi-circles of cytoplasm on the margin of red cells, the chromatin dot being frequently seen on the free apex of the part of the red cell enclosed by the semi-circle.

   2013, C. L. Dunn, D. D. Pandya, The Chemistry and Bacteriology of Public Health, →ISBN, page 323

2. not comparablegovernmentJoined or placed side by side (with); (of a pair of shields) displayed side by side and often leaning on or towards each other.

   However, the reverse-gilt glass panel, decorated with three accolé coats of arms and the date 1571, applied over the cartouche on the front of the ewer, ...

   2012, Wolfram Koeppe, Clare Le Corbeiller, William Rieder, Charles Truman, Suzanne G. Valenstein, Clare Vincent, et al., The Robert Lehman Collection: Decorative arts. XV, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 134

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   […] and those of his heiress-wife; under the mistaken impression that the shield so used, accolé to his own, is that of the lady, whereas in my view it is that to which he is himself entitled, and to which she is not.

   1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 146

   (Stratford, Earl of Aldborough.) Polack Sculp. Chippendale Armorial, two shields accolé, with supporters, on a mantle. (Stratford (Edward), Earl of Aldborough). Armorial. Two Shields accolé, with supporters.

   1905, Augustus Wollaston Franks, Ellis's Catalogue of British and American Book-plates (ex-libris), page 185

   Synonyms: accolés

plural accolés

1. A blow (typically with the flat of a sword, though historically sometimes with a fist, etc.) given in the ceremony conferring knighthood.