单词 | platetrope |
释义 | † platetropen. Anatomy. Obsolete. Any organ which forms one of a pair situated symmetrically on either side of the median plane of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [noun] > symmetry > one of a pair crus1728 platetrope1882 1882 B. G. Wilder & S. H. Gage Anat. Technol. Domest. Cat 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. 1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 321 The Meckelian cartilage appears to be ensheathed..by only two bones. One of these is the dentigerous dentary, which almost meets its platetrope at the symphysis. DerivativesΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Platetropy, the state or condition of being laterally homologous; bilaterality; bilateral symmetry; reversed repetition of parts or organs on each side of the meson. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1882 |
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