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
Words nearby pedunculus
Example sentences 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 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 2 of 2) |Charles DarwinValv 4, corne: pedunculus spinis corneis, persistentibus vestitus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) |Charles Darwin