duplicature
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of duplicature
From the New Latin word duplicātūra, dating back to 1680–90. See duplicate, -ure
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He was the first to study and describe the mediastinum, correcting the error of the ancients, who believed that this duplicature of the pleura contained a portion of the lungs.
From Fathers of Biology by Charles McRae
The hymen consists of a thin duplicature of mucous membrane strengthened by fibrous tissue, and is stretched across the posterior part of the vaginal orifice, which it partly occludes.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Anna M. (Anna Mary) Galbraith
Both pairs are composed of a duplicature of the integument, or investing membrane, and are strengthened in various directions by a system of hollow, horny tubes, known to entomologists as the neurae or nervures.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
A duplicature of the peritoneum covering the small intestine, which occupies the middle or center of the abdominal cavity.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
Fetuses deficient at their extremities, or have a duplicature of parts.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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