Medical Definition of Calices
1. Plural of calix. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calices
Literary usage of Calices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"Several calices of a specimen enlarged to show initiation of reproduction by ...
Distance across the three calices, 10 mm. x about 7 2. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"These calices converge into two or three tubular divisions which by their junction
form the pelvis or dilated portion of the ureter. ..."
3. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"... tufts, and arteries are all involved in the process. Atrophied tufts are almost
invariably the seat of waxy degeneration. (2) The calices, the ..."
4. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1848)
"... praecipue duo calices ... semper est in ecclesia, et in loco competenti, ut
om- nes ibi calices ..."
5. Principles of human physiology by William Benjamin Carpenter (1876)
"... in passing outwards from the calices, frequently divide in a dichotomous
manner, thus becoming greatly increased in number, whilst their diameter ..."
6. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1874)
"... lonn, and size of the kidneys—Coats of the kidneys—Division of tie substance
of the kidneys—Pelvis, calices, and infundibula—Pyramids— Cortex—Columns of ..."
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