different between nape vs nuchal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?p/
• Rhymes: -e?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English nape, naape, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French hanap (“goblet”), from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ( > Old English hnæpp, hnæp (“cup, bowl, goblet”)), as there is a hollow at the base of the skull.. More at nap.

Noun

nape (plural napes)

1. The back part of the neck.
2. (zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.

Synonyms

• nucha, nuchal (medicine)
• scruff, scruff of the neck
• withers (of a horse)

Translations

See also

• hindneck

Etymology 2

From Middle English nape, from Old French nape, nappe (“a cloth”), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (“cloth, table-cloth, sheet”), alteration of Latin mappa (“a cloth, napkin, towel”). More at map, apron.

Noun

nape (plural napes)

1. (obsolete) A tablecloth.

Derived terms

• napkin
• nappie

Etymology 3

Short for napalm.

Noun

nape (uncountable)

1. (military, slang) Napalm.
   • 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)

     RHAH: They got through Alpha Company! Anything behind you don't identify itself, blow it away. Two - air strike's coming in. They gonna lay snake and nape right on the perimeter so stay tight in your holes and don't leave 'em.

Verb

nape (third-person singular simple present napes, present participle naping, simple past and past participle naped)

1. (transitive, military, slang) To bombard with napalm.

References

Anagrams

• -pnea, Pena, neap, pane, pané, pean

Latin

Noun

n?pe

1. vocative singular of n?pus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• naape

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?p(?)/

Noun

nape (plural napys)

2. The nape; the neck's rear.
3. The nape of a fish; the part below a fish's head.

Derived terms

• napyn

Descendants

• English: nape

References

• “nap, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

Etymology 2

From Old French nape, nappe, from Medieval Latin nappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?p(?)/

Noun

nape

2. (rare except in compound words) tablecloth

Related terms

• napkyn
• naperye

Descendants

• English: nape (obsolete)

References

• “n?pe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

Etymology 3

Verb

nape

1. Alternative form of nappen

Etymology 4

Verb

nape

1. Alternative form of napyn

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mappa.

Noun

nape f (oblique plural napes, nominative singular nape, nominative plural napes)

1. table cloth

Descendants

• English: nape, napkin
• French: nappe

See also

• table

English

Etymology

From nucha, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic ??????? (nu???, “spinal cord”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nu.k?l/, /?nju.k?l/

Noun

nuchal (plural nuchals)

1. The back of the neck.
2. (medicine, colloquial) Short for nuchal translucency scan.
3. (zoology) A neck scale, especially of a lizard.
   • 1935, The Kansas University Science Bulletin, Volume 23, page 105,

     Dunn gives a key to a part of this group of Eumeces, based upon the number of nuchals, placing the two American species (he does not consider Eumeces altamirani Dugès) in a group having 14-17 pairs of nuchals; […] .

   • 2004, B.G. Kapoor, Bhavna Khanna, Ichthyology Handbook, page 248,

     Growth patterns of clavicles, cleithra, opercles, medial nuchals, dorsal scutes, and pectoral fin ray sections have been compared in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus.

   • 2004, Hans-Georg Horn, 6.19: Varanus salvadorii, Eric R. Pianka, Dennis R. King, Ruth Allen King (editors), Varanoid Lizards of the World, Indiana University Press, page 236,

     Scales are weakly differentiated, with head scales flat and smooth, nuchals small and smooth, dorsal scales small and keeled, and tail scales larger ventrally than laterally, without wings.

Synonyms

• (back of the neck): nape, nucha

Adjective

nuchal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the back or nape of the neck.
   • 2004, Vikram Dogra, Deborah J. Rubens, Ultrasound Secrets, Hanley & Belfus, page 58,

     What is the differential diagnosis of increased nuchal thickness? Although most fetuses with increased nuchal thickness are normal, the differential diagnosis of increased nuchal thickness includes an increased risk of fetal aneuploidy, particularly trisomy 21.

   • 2006, A. Antsaklis, Ultrasonographic soft markers for chromosomal abnormalities, Asim Kurjak, Frank A. Chervenak (editors), Textbook of Perinatal Medicine, 2nd Edition, Informa Healthcare, page 1192,

     Nuchal thickness was the first sonographic marker associated with an increased risk of trisomy 21 in the fetus and is now accepted as the single most sensitive and specific marker for the detection of DS in the second trimester, in high- and low-risk pregnancies.

   • 2006, David W. Frayer, Jan Jelinek, Martin Oliva, Milford H. Wolpoff, Chapter 9: Aurignacian male crania, jaws and teeth from the Mlade? Caves, Moravia, Czech Republic, Maria Teschler-Nicola (editor), Early Modern Humans at the Moravian Gate: The Mladec Caves and their Remains, Springer, page 220,

     Many particulars of the nuchal torus region and nuchal plane are preserved (see Caspari, 1991 for further details, our description replies heavily on Caspari's work).

Derived terms

• nuchal cord
• nuchal scan
• retronuchal

Translations

Anagrams

• chulan, launch