So...if you're prone to pimples or eczema, drinking milk may exacerbate flare-ups. What you should know: If you're racing for the restroom after eating an ice cream cone, you know you're lactose intolerant. But symptoms can be more subtle than people realize, says Robynne Chutkan, MD, author of Gutbliss.
descriptor - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached. form, signifier, word form. linguistics - the scientific study of language.
DESCRIPTIVIST: A grammatical treatise or dictionary is said to be descriptivist if it has the goal of describing nonjudgmentally how a group of people tends to use language, rather than the goal of fashioning guidelines or rules for grammar, spelling, and word use. Contrast with the opposite term, prescriptivist.