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Definition of Proctodeum
1. [n -DEA or -DEUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proctodeum
Literary usage of Proctodeum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1889)
"STOMODEUM AND proctodeum.— Both stomodeum and proctodeum are ... Behind the
proctodeum are a few mesodermal cells, while in front (morphologically below) ..."
2. Diseases of the Intestines: Their Special Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment by John Conrad Hemmeter (1902)
"It is due to an imperfect coalescence of the proctodeum and the enteron. ...
In such cases the epiblast has not dipped to form the proctodeum. ..."
3. A Manual of surgery for students and physicians by Francis T. Stewart (1911)
"426) is a condition in which the rectum is developed, but there is no proctodeum.
When the infant cries, the rectum is felt to bulge at the point where the ..."
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