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platetrope Anat.|ˈplætɪtrəʊp|
[f. Gr. πλάτος, πλατε- breadth, width + τρόπος turning.]
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1882Wilder & Gage Anatom. Technol. 32 Two similar organs, one upon each side, are lateral in position, and called paired organs. Each such paired organ may be called the platetrope of the other, or its lateral homologue, or the fellow of the opposite side.
Hence platetropy |ˈplætɪtrəʊpɪ|, bilateral symmetry.
1890in Cent. Dict. |