tylosis

American  

[tahy-loh-sis] / taɪˈloʊ sɪs /

Often tylose

noun

Botany.

PLURAL

tyloses

1. a bubblelike formation in the cavity of tracheids or vessels in the wood of trees, consisting of protoplasm intruded from adjacent parenchyma cells.

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tylosis British  

/ taɪˈləʊsɪs /

noun

1. botany a bladder-like outgrowth from certain cells in woody tissue that extends into and blocks adjacent conducting xylem cells

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Etymology

Origin of tylosis

1875–80; < Greek týlōsis act of making callous, equivalent to tylō-, variant stem of tyloûn to make callous, hard, derivative of týlos callus, lump, knob + -sis -sis

Example Sentences

Crocker had an instance of this nature in a man with tylosis palmae, in which the skin was cast off every autumn, but the process lasted two months.

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