Definition of ladder

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Ladder (v. i.) That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence..

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Sound :: Sound (n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture..
Air Bladder :: Air bladder () A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
Spoke :: Spoke (n.) A rung, or round, of a ladder..
Bladder :: Bladder (n.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp..
Hydatid :: Hydatid (n.) A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and Coenurus. See these words in the Vocabulary..
Lithotome :: Lithotome (n.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.
Scalary :: Scalary (a.) Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.
Gall :: Gall (n.) The gall bladder.
Vesiculate :: Vesiculate (a.) Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular..
Bladdered :: Bladdered (imp. & p. p.) of Bladde.
Vesicular :: Vesicular (a.) Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf..
Fundus :: Fundus (n.) The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye..
Vesiculous :: Vesiculous (a.) Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell..
Lithic :: Lithic (n.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.
Lithotriptor :: Lithotriptor (n.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.
Lithoclast :: Lithoclast (n.) An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.
Drumfish :: Drumfish (n.) Any fish of the family Sciaenidae, which makes a loud noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum..
Sound :: Sound (n.) The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food..
Hepatocystic :: Hepatocystic (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts..
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