Etiology. AAI or AAS associated with bony abnormalities can be caused by abnormal development or ossification of the odontoid or fracture with or without remodeling. In addition, tumors can be a source of bony destruction, causing a pathologic fracture of either C1 or C2 and resulting in AAI.
Full Definition of COULIS. : a thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish.ull Definition of COULIS. : a thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish.
Cosmas Indicopleustes. ( 1 COSMAS THE INDIAN VOYAGER) 2  A Greek traveller and geographer of the first half of the sixth century, b. at Alexandria, Egypt. Cosmas probably received only an elementary education, as he was intended for a mercantile life, and in his earlier years was engaged in business pursuits.