involucrum

American  

[in-vuh-loo-kruhm] / ˌɪn vəˈlu krəm /

noun

• involucra
  plural

1. involucre.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• involucra
  plural

Etymology

Origin of involucrum

1670–80; < New Latin, Latin involūcrum a wrap, cover, equivalent to involū- (variant stem of involvere to wrap, cover; see involute) + -crum instrumental suffix

Example Sentences

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involucrum involucra

Sometimes the new bone—which corresponds to the involucrum of an osteomyelitis—imprisons a sequestrum and prevents its extrusion, in which case one or more sinuses may persist indefinitely.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

When the two plants are in bloom, a more conspicuous difference is apparent in the involucrum and seeds, the character of which should be consulted.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

The continuance of all living creatures in this transmigratory world lasts as long as their respiratory involucrum; knowledge and action are accounted the life of living creatures.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava

When fool's parsley is in bloom, it is readily known by the length of the involucrum.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

The shadow of the new case or involucrum with its wavy contour is also in evidence, with its openings or cloacæ, and is mainly responsible for the increase in the diameter of the bone.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Kennedy showed before the Dublin Pathological Society 5 fetuses with the involucra, the product of an abortion at the third month.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)