A US organisation whose mission is to promote exercise science, physical activity and fitness in the health and medical care of children and adolescents. A learned society whose aims are to promote the advancement of physiology and to facilitate communication, both between scientists and with other stakeholders.
Vouchsafe is a verb meaning to offer something in a condescending way. You might vouchsafe to your brother the secret to your key lime pie recipe. Because vouchsafe can mean making an offering in a gracious way, itâs sometimes used in reference to religious acts â you might vouchsafe your prayers unto God. Vouchsafe can also mean doing something in a condescending way, which makes it a word that's used in many of other contexts. For example, your fancy great aunt might vouchsafe to visit your dorm room.
1. eunuch-a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; eunuchs guarded the harem. castrate. adult male, man-an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); there were two women and six men on the bus.uâ²nuchÂ·ism n. Word History: Eunuch goes back to the Greek word eunoukhos, a castrated male employed to serve the women in the women's quarters of a household and to act as chamberlain, and the Greek word is derived from eunÄ, bed, and ekhein, to hold, to keep.. A eunuch is a bed-keeper, so to speak.