(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
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Greater peritoneal sac
the interior of the peritoneum; a potential space between layers of the peritoneum
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(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
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The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentia…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interior, peritoneum, potential, space, layers.
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