thecae
- plural of theca.
Example Sentences
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The noninfectious inflammation of bursae and thecae usually result from contusions or strains and generally run their course without becoming infective in character, where vitality and resistance of the subject are normal.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
In a general way, inflammation and other affections of bursae and thecae are considered very similar to like affections of joints.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
The average horse that has been subjected to hard service on pavements or hard roads at fast work suffers synovial distension of bursae, thecae or of joint capsules.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
This is the rachis—and down here below this, is the rhizoma; and the little seed places that come on the back of the frond, are thecae.
From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Warner, Susan
In the genus Dendrograptus the gonothecae open within the walls of the ordinary thecae, and the branches present an outward resemblance to those of the uniserial Graptoloidea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
