glossocomon

== English == === Etymology === Apparently from Ancient Greek γλωσσόκομον (glōssókomon, “a case for flute mouthpieces”). === Noun === glossocomon (plural glossocoma) (Ancient Greece) A kind of winch used to hoist patients. === References === “glossocomon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.