Most vegetarians eat milk products and eggs, and as a group, these lacto-ovo-vegetarians enjoy good health. Nutrition; Key Q&A Diet-induced water intoxication leading to cerebral edema and seizures has been reported in alcoholics and lacto-ovo-vegetarians.
crux. n, pl cruxes or cruces (ËkruËsiËz). 1. a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter). 2. a baffling problem or difficulty. 3. (Mountaineering) mountaineering the most difficult and often decisive part of a climb or pitch. 4. (Heraldry) a rare word for cross.
Ultimately from Latin crenella as a diminutive of crena (literally âa notch or serrationâ). The word also appears in Old French as cren (âa notchâ) or crener (âto notchâ). The word shares its origins with the common English word cranny, similarly meaning âa small opening, as in a wall or rock face; a creviceâ.