pedicle

nounB1

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

pedicles

1.
(zoology) A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
2.
(zoology) The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
3.
A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
4.
pedicel (any sense)
5.
peduncle (any sense)
6.
(surgery) Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.
7.
A fetter for the foot.
1836 The Memoirs, Private and Political, of Daniel O'Connell In the account of former persecutions, I have read of decapitation, crucifixion, gallowses, manacles, pedicles, thumb- screws, fire and fagot, rocks and pullies, slow fires, red hot gridirons, and boiling lead;
two emaciated and thread-bare prisoners are bound with manacles and pedicles to the middle of a wall about four stories high in an immense featureless white room

Từ liên quan

Cùng gốc / liên quan

bipediclepedicledtranspediclepedicel

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Latin pedīculus (little foot), diminutive of pēs.