pedicle
IPA: pˈɛdɪkʌɫ
noun
- (zoology) A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
- (zoology) The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
- pedicel (any sense)
- peduncle (any sense)
- (surgery) Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.
- A fetter for the foot.
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Examples of "pedicle" in Sentences
- The need for a crossing of the Pedicle.
- Second antenatal segment pedicle cone shaped.
- The lamina connect the spinous process to the pedicles.
- The prosoma and opisthosoma are connected by the pedicle.
- For details of the road see the Congo Pedicle road article.
- Avoiding free nipple grafting with the inferior pedicle technique.
- A layer of longitudinal muscles lines the epidermis of the pedicle.
- If they are pedunculated, they are attached by a thin stalk pedicle .
- All the segments are destitute of pedicles, laminae and spinous processes.
- The apex area umbo of the pedicle valve contains a small fold for the pedicle.
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