pedunculus

[ pĭ-dŭng′kyə-ləs ]

n. pl. pe•dun•cu•li (-lī′)

An anatomical stalk or stem, such as the stalklike base to which a tumor is attached to normal tissue.

Any of several stalklike connecting structures in the brain, composed either of white matter or of white and gray matter.peduncle

Nearby words

peduncle of corpus callosum, peduncular ansa, pedunculate, pedunculate oak, pedunculotomy, pedunculus, pedunculus of pineal body, pedway, pee, pee dee, peebles

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Examples from the Web for pedunculus

Capitulum sine valvis; apertur ampl; pedunculus fimbriatus, sub-globosus, infossus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2)|Charles Darwin
Capitulum sine valvis: apertur ampl: pedunculus fimbriatus, sub-globosus, infossus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2)|Charles Darwin
Valv 4, corne; pedunculus spinis corneis, persistentibus vestitus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2)|Charles Darwin
Valv 4, corne: pedunculus spinis corneis, persistentibus vestitus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2)|Charles Darwin