pedunculus
[ pĭ-dŭng′kyə-ləs ]
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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
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Example sentences from the Web for pedunculus
Valv 4, corne; pedunculus spinis corneis, persistentibus vestitus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2)|Charles DarwinCapitulum sine valvis; apertur ampl; pedunculus fimbriatus, sub-globosus, infossus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2)|Charles DarwinCapitulum sine valvis: apertur ampl: pedunculus fimbriatus, sub-globosus, infossus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2)|Charles DarwinValv 4, corne: pedunculus spinis corneis, persistentibus vestitus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2)|Charles Darwin