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nematoid
nematoid, a. and n. (ˈnɛmətɔɪd) [Cf. nematode and -oid.] A. adj. = nematode a.1836–9 Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 134/2 A close affinity to the Nematoid type. 1836–9 T. R. Jones ibid. II. 407/2 Some of the Nematoid worms..propagate by spontaneous division. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. xii. 680 The...
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nematode
nematode, a. and n. (ˈnɛmətəʊd) [See nemato- and -ode1, and cf. nematoid.] A. adj. 1. Of worms: Pertaining to the class Nematoda or Nematoidea, comprising those of a slender cylindrical or thread-like form (chiefly parasitic in animals or plants), such as the common round-worm, maw-worm, Guinea-worm...
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1870 in Wales
Timothy Richards Lewis discovers a nematoid worm, later Filaria sanguinis hominis.
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protonema
‖ protonema Bot. (prəʊtəʊˈniːmə) Pl. -ˈnemata. Also (in mod. Dicts.) in anglicized form protoneme (ˈprəʊtəʊniːm). [mod.L., f. Gr. πρωτο- proto- + νῆµα thread.] In mosses (and some liverworts), The confervoid or filamentous thallus which arises from the germination of the spore, and produces the full...
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2017 in paleontology
An assemblage of trace fossils from Ediacaran–Cambrian siltstones in Brazil, probably produced by a nematoid-like organism, is described by Parry et al
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rachis
‖ rachis (ˈreɪkɪs) Also rha-. Pl. rachides (ˈreɪkɪdiːz). [mod.L., a. Gr. ῥάχις spine, ridge, rib (of a leaf), etc. The more precise spelling rhachis is chiefly confined to sense 2. The pl. rachides is erroneous, as the stem of ῥάχις is not ῥαχιδ- but ῥαχι-.] 1. Bot. a. The axis of an inflorescence i...
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arthro-
arthro- comb. form of Gr. ἄρθρον joint, as in: arthrodesis (ɑːˈθrɒdiːsɪs) Surg. [ad. G. arthrodese (E. Albert 1878, Lehrb. d. Chirurgie (1883) II. 505), f. Gr. δέσις binding together (δέειν to bind)], an operation to produce ankylosis. arthrodynic (ɑːθrəʊˈdɪnɪk), a. Path. [Gr. ὀδύνη pain], of or per...
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Guinea worm
Guinea worm A parasitic nematoid worm (Filaria medinensis) frequent in many parts of Guinea, whence the name; it is long and thread-like, of a white colour, inhabiting the human skin, esp. of the lower extremities, where its presence causes painful suppuration. Also, the disease occasioned by its pr...
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trichina
‖ trichina Zool. (ˈtrɪkɪnə, trɪˈkaɪnə) Pl. -æ. Also in anglicized form (or from Fr.) trichine. [mod.L. Trichina (whence F. trichine), f. Gr. τρίχῐνος adj. ‘of hair’, f. θρίξ, τριχ- hair.] A genus of minute parasitic nematoid worms; esp. the species T. spiralis, which infests man and various animals,...
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tulip
tulip (ˈtjuːlɪp) [Formerly tulipa, tulippa, also tulipant, -pan = F. tulipan, tulipe, It. tulipano, Sp. tulipan, Pg. tulipa, -ippa, mod.L. tulīpa; early mod.Du. and Ger. tulpe, Du. tulp, Da. tulipan, Sw. tulpan; all from tul(i)band, vulgar Turkish pronunciation of Persian dulband ‘turban’, which the...
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whip-
whip- in combination. 1. Combinations of the n. a. General attrib., as whip-crack, whip-flick, whip-leather, whip-mark, whip-stroke, whip-thong. b. Instrumental, objective, similative, etc., as whip-cracking (n. and adj.), whip-maker, whip-making, whip-minder, whip-smacking; whip-corrected, whip-lik...
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tricho-
▪ I. tricho-1 (trɪkəʊ, traɪkəʊ) before a vowel trich- (trɪk, traɪk), ad. Gr. τριχο-, τριχ-, combining stem of θρίξ hair, in many terms of botany, zoology, etc. ‖ trichæsˈthesia Path. [mod.L., f. Gr. αἴσθησις feeling], a form of paræsthesia consisting in a sensation as of a hair on the skin. ‖ tricha...
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paste
▪ I. paste, n. (peɪst) Also 4–8 past, 5–6 paast, 6 payst(e, 6–7 paist. [a. OF. paste (13th c. in Littré), mod.F. pâte = Pr., Sp., It. pasta:—Com. Romanic pasta (instanced in L. in a medical sense ‘a small square piece of a medical preparation’, Marc. Empir. c 400), generally supposed to be ad. Gr. π...
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vinegar
▪ I. vinegar, n. (ˈvɪnɪgə(r)) Forms: α. 4–6 vynegre (4 fyn-), 5–6 vynagre, 6 -ygre; 4–7 vinegre (5 uin-, win-, 6 winnegre), 7 vin'gre; 5 venagre, 5–7 venegre; 5 vyneygre, -aygre, 7 vinaigre. β. 5–6 vyneger, 6 -egyr, vynyger; 5–7 vineger (7 -ere, vinneger), 6–7 viniger (7 win-); 5 venegur, 6 -eger; 5...
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cockle
▪ I. cockle, n.1 (ˈkɒk(ə)l) Forms: (1 coccul), 1–2 coccel, 3–7 cockel, 4– cockle. (Also 4 cokul, cockil, -el, cokel, 4–5 cokil, 4–7 cocle, 5 kokkel, cokkul, cockille, 5–6 cokyll(e, 6 coccle, cockyll, cockole, cokkell, 6–7 cockell(e.) [OE. coccul, coccel masc.; in no other Teutonic lang. (It looks li...
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