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pleophony
pleophony Linguistics. (pliːˈɒfənɪ) [f. pleo-, pleio- + phony after homophony, etc.] Vowel duplication; epenthesis of a vowel which harmonizes with that in the preceding syllable. Hence pleoˈphonic a.1949 Archivum Linguisticum I. 165 The East Slavonic languages..present the curious and striking phen...
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pleiotypic
pleiotypic, a. Biol. (plaɪəʊˈtɪpɪk) [f. pleio- + type n.1 + -ic.] Pertaining to the process whereby a single stimulus can elicit multiple unrelated responses from a living cell.1971 Nature New Biol. 7 Apr. 162/1 Gordon Tomkins has proposed that mammalian cells may have a ‘pleiotypic’ control system ...
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pleiotropy
pleiotropy Genetics. (plaɪˈɒtrəpɪ) [ad. G. pleiotrop (L. Plate 1910, in Festschr. für R. Hertwig II. 597), f. Gr. πλείων (see pleio-) + τροπή turn, turning: see -y3.] The production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated phenotypic effects; an instance of this.1939 C. H. Waddington Int...
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pleochroic
pleochroic, a. Cryst. (pliːəʊˈkrəʊɪk) [f. pleo-, pleio- + Gr. χρώς complexion, colour, -χρο-ος coloured + -ic: cf. dichroic.] Showing different colours when viewed in two or in three different directions (dichroic or trichroic), as certain double-refracting crystals. pleochroic halo, each of a serie...
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pleocytosis
pleocytosis Path. (pliːəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs) [f. pleo-, pleio- + -cyte + -osis.] The presence of abnormally many cells, spec. of lymphocytes in the cerebro-spinal fluid.1911 Stedman Med. Dict. 681/1 Pleocytosis, lymphocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid in syphilitic and parasyphilitic diseases of the centra...
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pleiomorphy
pleiomorphy (ˈplaɪəmɔːfɪ) [f. pleio- + Gr. µορϕή form + -ια, -y.] (See also pleomorphy, etc.) In Bot. a. The occurrence of more than one distinct stage or form in the life-cycle of a species, as in certain heterœcious fungi, which pass through two or three stages. b. The state of a flower which is u...
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pliotron
pliotron Electronics. (ˈplaɪətrɒn) [f. Gr. πλείω-ν more (see pleio-) + -tron.] A high-vacuum thermionic valve with one or more grids.1915 I. Langmuir in Electrician 21 May 242/2 The term ‘Pliotron’ has been adopted to designate a Kenotron, in which a third electrode has been added for the purpose of...
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pleoptics
pleoptics, n. pl. (const. as sing. or pl.) Ophthalm. (pliːˈɒptɪks) [ad. G. pleoptik (A. Bangerter 1953, in Wiener klin. Wochenschr. 20 Nov. 966/2), f. pleo-, pleio- + optik optics.] A method of treatment for amblyopia and eccentric fixation employing the selective dazzling of parts of the retina in ...
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Pliohippus
‖ Pliohippus Palæont. (plaɪəʊˈhɪpəs) Also Pleio-. [mod.L., f. plio- in Pliocene + Gr. ἵππος horse.] An extinct genus of horses, the fossil remains of which are found in the Pliocene and Miocene strata of N. America.1874 O. C. Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sc. Ser. 3 VII. 252 Pliohippus. A new genus of solipe...
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pleomorphic
pleomorphic, a. (pliːəʊˈmɔːfɪk) [f. pleo-, pleio- + Gr. µορϕή form + -ic.] Having more than one form: (a) Biol., exhibiting different forms at different stages of the life-history, as certain bacteria and parasitic fungi; pleiomorphic; (b) Chem. and Min. crystallizing in two or more fundamentally di...
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Pliosaurus
‖ Pliosaurus Palæont. (plaɪəʊˈsɔːrəs) Also pleio-. [mod.L., f. Gr. πλείον more, pleio- + σαῦρος lizard; so called because more near to the saurian type than the ichthyosaurus.] A genus of fossil marine reptiles, resembling Plesiosaurus, but with shorter neck, larger head, and stronger jaws and teeth...
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pleo-
pleio-, plio-, pleo- (plaɪəʊ, pliːəʊ) combining forms of Gr. πλείων (poet. πλέων), πλεῖον, more, compar. of πολύς, -ύ, much; see poly-. Plio-, which follows Latin spelling, is chiefly used in generic names and their derivatives, as Pliosaurus, Pliosaurian. ‖ pleiochasium (-ˈkeɪzɪəm) Bot. [mod.L., ir...
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post-Pliocene
post-Pliocene, a. (n.) Geol. (-ˈplaɪəsiːn) Also -Pleio-. [f. post- B. 1 b + Pliocene.] Epithet applied to the lowest division of the Post-tertiary or Quaternary formation, immediately overlying the Pliocene or Upper Tertiary; also to the whole of the formations later than the Pliocene (so = Post-ter...
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