Definition of Trochal

1. a. Resembling a wheel.

Definition of Trochal

1. Adjective. (zoology) Resembling a wheel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trochal

1. shaped like a wheel [adj]

Medical Definition of Trochal

1. 1. Resembling a wheel. 2. Trochal disk, the cephalic disk of a rotifer. It is usually surrounded by a fringe of cilia. Origin: From Gr. A wheel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trochal

troated
troating
troats
troble
trobled
trobles
trobling
trocar
trocars
troch
trochaic
trochaical
trochaick
trochaicks
trochaics
trochal (current term)
trochanter
trochanter major
trochanter minor
trochanter reflex
trochanter tertius
trochanteral
trochanterian
trochanteric
trochanteric bursa
trochanteric bursitis
trochanteric crest
trochanteric fossa
trochanteric syndrome
trochanterplasty

Literary usage of Trochal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1898)
"If the region behind that ciliary circlet which is traversed by the axis be called the post-trochal region, and that in front of it the pre- ..."

2. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1898)
"If the region behind that ciliary circlet which is traversed by the axis be called the post-trochal region, and that in front of it the pre- ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The muscles in connection with the trochal disk serve to protrude or withdraw ... trochal Disk.—This structure is the peculiar characteristic of the class. ..."

4. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1872)
"Ehrenberg's imperfect instrument led him to believe that he could divide the trochal disks of the rotifers into four well-marked groups, viz. ..."

5. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1853)
"If the region behind that ciliary circlet which is traversed by tlie axis be called the post-trochal region, and that in front of it the ..."

6. Embryogeny: An Account of the Laws Govering the Development of the Animal by Hans Przibram, Reginald Crundall Punnett (1908)
"Removal of a portion of the first lobe produces a larva with reduced post-trochal region, and with or without an apical organ. Removal of the second polar ..."

7. The Microscope,: Its History, Construction, and Applications: Being a by Jabez Hogg (1887)
"The trochal disc in the species, undergoes great changes of form. ... the ciliated circlet fringing the edges of the trochal disc is horseshoe-shaped, ..."

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