vermis
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vermes
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of vermis
1885–90; < New Latin; Latin: worm; so called from its shape
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Therefore, the researchers investigated the possibility that Bergmann glial cells in the cerebellar vermis regulate the volume of aggression in mice.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
Microvacuolar degeneration in the molecular layer was more prominent in the vermis than in the cerebellar hemisphere.
From Nature ● Sep. 8, 2015
The midline is composed of the vermis and the flocculonodular lobe, and the hemispheres are the lateral regions.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The vermis is referred to as the spinocerebellum because it primarily receives input from the dorsal columns and spinocerebellar pathways.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
It is the vermis halcomisicus, or copper-hating worm.
From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Sir Archibald Alison
They belong to the Molluscoida of Huxley, a lower division of the great family of the Mollusca; but they have recently been placed by some naturalists among the vermes or worms.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson
There were obtained at the same time, besides a few specimens of Idothea Sabinei, sponges and bryozoa in great abundance, and small mussels, crustacea, vermes, &c.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
Hence the difficulties which have embarrassed the naturalists, who adopt the Linnæan classification, in their endeavours to discover determinate characters of distinction between the vermes and the insecta.
From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
These wondrous phenomena of nature belong to the genus hydra, class vermes, order zoophyte; the distinguishing character of which is, that if any part of the body be severed, it instantly becomes a perfect animal.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
In old books it is named vermilion, in allusion to the insect, or vermes, from which it is prepared.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
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