Medical Definition of Peltation
1. Protection provided by inoculation with an antiserum or with a vaccine. Origin: L. Pelta, a light shield, fr. G. Pelte (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peltation
Literary usage of Peltation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"On the Peltation of Leaves. By Professor C. DE CANDOLLE. ... Accordingly, by the
general expression o(peltation of leaves, the author includes peltate ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"by Marshall Ward ; "The Peltation of Leaves," by C. de Candolle; "Changes in the
Sex of Willows, by IH Burkhill; "Changes in the (¡land Cells of ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1898)
"... 'peltation,' ' cleistogamy,' or a score of others which could be mentioned,
the meaning in all these cases, as gathered from the presumed derivation, ..."
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