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strepto-|ˈstrɛptəʊ|
before a vowel strept-, combining form of Gr. στρεπτός twisted (f. στρέϕ-ειν to turn, twist); used in many scientific terms, as strepˈtaster [Gr. ἀστήρ star], a form of sponge-spicule (see quot. 1888). ˌstreptobaˈcilli [bacillus] n. pl., bacilli arranged in chains. streptobacˈteria [bacterium] n. pl., bacteria linked together like a chain. streptocoˈccolysin, also (in shortened form) streptoˈcolysin, ‘a hemolysin destructive to streptococci, formed when virulent streptococci are grown in blood serum’ (Dorland Med. Dict. 1913). ˈstreptocyte [-cyte], an amœbiform body occurring in bead-like strings from the vesicles of foot-and-mouth disease. strepˈtolysin [lysin] = streptococcolysin. ˌstreptoˈneural, -ˈneurous adjs., belonging to or characteristic of the Streptoneura, a branch of Gastropoda in which the loop of visceral nerves embracing the intestine is twisted into a figure-of-eight. ˌstreptoˈphiurid a., pertaining to or connected with the Streptophiuræ, a subdivision of Ophiuroidea; n. an individual of this subdivision. ˈstreptosponˈdylian, -ˈspondyline, -ˈspondylous adjs., pertaining to the genus Streptospondylus of fossil crocodiles, in which the vertebral articulations are apparently reversed. streptoˈstylic, -ˈstylicate adjs. [ad. G. Streptostylica, name of a group (H. Stannius 1856, in von Siebold & Stannius Handb. der Zootomie (ed. 2) II. 45), Gr. στῦλος pillar], orig., pertaining to or connected with the Streptostylica, that one of the two main divisions of Reptiles (in Stannius' classification) in which the quadrate bone is freely articulated with the skull; now used with reference to the free articulation of the quadrate bone with the squamosal rather than to any taxonomic group; so ˈstreptostyly, streptostylic condition. Also used as comb. form of streptococcus, streptococcal a., as in streptodornase, and of Streptomyces (see streptomycete), as in streptovaricin.
1888W. J. Sollas in Challenger Rep. XXV. p. lxiii, The asters are divided into two subsections, the true asters or euasters, and the *streptasters or those in which the actines do not proceed from a centre, but from a longer or shorter axis, which is usually spiral. 1900E. A. Minchin in Ray Lankester's Treat. Zool. ii. Sponges 134.
1903Thayer Schmaus' Path. & Pathol. Anat. 202 Bacilli. Long or short rods, propagate by fission or spores; the former by fission or crosswise, the younger forms separating or connected (*streptobacilli). 1883*Streptobacteria [see diplococci s.v. diplo-]. 1891G. S. Woodhead Bacteria 31 In the rod-shaped bacteria this division takes place..and when it is imperfect or incomplete it gives rise to chain-bacteria or Strepto-bacteria.
1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 688 Schottelius found in the contents of foot-and-mouth vesicles peculiar bodies which he termed *streptocytes.
1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 571 The neutralization curves of..bodies and their antibodies: the rennet.., the vibriolysin, the staphylolysin, and the *streptolysin.
1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 646/2 The *Streptoneurous condition of the visceral loop in Zygobranchia. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 111 Certain streptoneurous Gastropoda Anisopleura.
1892Proc. Zool. Soc. 183 Ophiobyrsa hystricis. The largest *Streptophiurid found within the British area is the species so named by Mr. Lyman.
1849A. G. Melville in Phil. Trans. CXXXIX. 286 The *Streptospondylian form of the body of a vertebra. Ibid., The Streptospondylian type is not..persistent.
1892Proc. Zool. Soc. 179 Ophioteresis is a *streptospondyline Ophiurid.
1901Nature 14 Mar. 462/2 The *streptostylic types appear first in the Jurassic as Lacertilia. 1933Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. XXXVII. 524 A comparison of the streptostylic condition in these salamanders with that in certain reptiles..shows great differences in both skeleton and muscles, such that no homology is possible. 1980Nature 21 Feb. 779/1 Streptostylic quadrates are found in fossil lizards before the appearance of mesokinesis and occur in animals with limited mesokinetic potential such as Uromastix and Ctenosaura.
1887E. D. Cope Orig. Fittest xi. 337 The existing *streptostylicate orders have advanced beyond their Permian ancestors.
1925J. S. Kingsley Vertebrate Skeleton (ed. 2) 335/2 (Index), *Streptostyly. 1933Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. XXXVII. 521 In a study of some Pacific coast salamanders, it was found that at least three species..possess a pivoting squamosal... Streptostyly, so far as the writer has been able to learn, is otherwise unknown in Amphibia. 1973Nature 11 May 72/2 The articulation of the maxillae with the nasals and premaxillae reveals how streptostyly was associated with an akinetic skull in Hesperornis. |