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Definition of nodose in English: nodoseadjective nəʊˈdəʊsˈnoʊdoʊs technical Having or characterized by hard or tight lumps; knotty. Example sentencesExamples - Along with subsequent calcite deposition, the pentameres are obliterated, the outline becomes rounded, and nodose sides appear.
- Also among marine snails, thick, nodose, spiny, or otherwise ornamented shells are competitive in the sense that they foil predators.
- Morphometric studies were carried out on the chick nodose ganglion between day 5 of incubation and 2 weeks after hatching.
- These terminals of the bipolar nerve cells of the vagal nodose ganglia may well be stretch receptors.
Synonyms knobbly, knotty, knotted, gnarly, lumpy, bumpy, nodular, rough
Origin Early 18th century: from Latin nodosus, from nodus 'knot'. Definition of nodose in US English: nodoseadjectiveˈnōdōsˈnoʊdoʊs technical Having or characterized by hard or tight lumps; knotty. Example sentencesExamples - Morphometric studies were carried out on the chick nodose ganglion between day 5 of incubation and 2 weeks after hatching.
- Along with subsequent calcite deposition, the pentameres are obliterated, the outline becomes rounded, and nodose sides appear.
- These terminals of the bipolar nerve cells of the vagal nodose ganglia may well be stretch receptors.
- Also among marine snails, thick, nodose, spiny, or otherwise ornamented shells are competitive in the sense that they foil predators.
Synonyms knobbly, knotty, knotted, gnarly, lumpy, bumpy, nodular, rough
Origin Early 18th century: from Latin nodosus, from nodus ‘knot’. |