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Definition of Gem

1. Noun. Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection.

2. Noun. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry. "She had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

3. Noun. A person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry.

4. Noun. A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan.

5. Noun. A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry.

Definition of Gem

1. n. A bud.

2. v. t. To put forth in the form of buds.

Definition of Gem

1. to adorn with gems (precious stones) [v GEMMED, GEMMING, GEMS]

Medical Definition of Gem

1. 1. A bud. 2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc, especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel. 3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass coloured with metallic oxide. 4. Prefix denoting twin substitutions on a single atom; e.g., the gem-dimethyl substitution on carbon-4 of lanosterol. Origin: shortened form of L. Geminus, twin; OE. Gemme precious stone, F. Gemme, fr. L. Gemma a precious stone, bud. Source: Websters Dictionary (21 Jun 2000)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gem

Gely Gely's suture gel diffusion gel diffusion precipitin tests gel diffusion precipitin tests in one dimension gel diffusion precipitin tests in two dimensions gel diffusion reactions gel electrophoresis gel exclusion chromatography gel filtration

gel filtration chromatography gel retardation assay gel structure gel transfer gem (current term) gem (current term) Gemara gematria gematrias gemeinschaft

gemeinschafts gemel Gemella gemellipara gemellology gemellus gemels gemfibrozil gemfibrozil gemfish

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