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71skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …
72typhlosole — /tif leuh sohl /, n. Zool. (in annelids and many bivalve mollusks) an infolding along the inner wall of the intestine. [1855 60; < Gk typhlo (comb. form of typhlós blind) + sole (appar. irreg. shortening of Gk solén pipe, channel)] * * * …
73eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …
74gynæcophore — noun Receptacle in the bodies of certain male animals of which females may be contained. Diœcious Trematodes are very rare, the most important being the formidable Bilharzia, the male of which is the larger and retains the female in a… …
75Intestinal obstruction — Blockage of the intestine by infolding (intussusception), malformation, tumor, digestive problems, a foreign body, or inflammation. Symptoms can include crampy abdominal pain, lack of ability to eliminate normal feces, and eventually shock. On… …
76atelectasis — Decreased or absent air in the entire or part of a lung, with resulting loss of lung volume. Loss of lung volume itself. SEE ALSO: pulmonary collapse. [G. ateles, incomplete, + ektasis, extension] adhesive a. alveolar …
77coloplication — Reduction of the lumen of a dilated colon by making folds or tucks in its walls. SYN: coliplication. [colo + Mod. L. plica, fold] * * * co·lo·pli·ca·tion (ko″lo plĭ kaґshən) [colo + plication] the operation of infolding or taking… …
78duct — A tubular structure giving exit to the secretion of a gland or organ, capable of conducting fluid. SEE ALSO: canal. SYN: ductus [TA]. [L. duco, pp. ductus, to lead] aberrant ducts SYN: aberrant ductules, under ductule …
79ectomerogony — The production of merozoites in the asexual reproduction of sporozoan parasites at the surface of schizonts and of blastophores, or by infolding into the schizont, as contrasted with endomerogony; e. has been observed in various species of… …
80entropion, entropium — 1. Inversion or turning inward of a part. 2. The infolding of the margin of an eyelid. [G. en, in, + trope, a turning] atonic e. e. that follows loss of tone of the orbicularis oculi muscle or elasticity of the skin …
