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Medical Definition of Desmidian

1. A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiae, a group of unicellular algae in which the species have a greenish colour, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves. Origin: Gr. Chain + form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Desmidian

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

1. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1868)
"... this followed the same law as in Cosmarium and other desmidian genera, whereas it appeared to Mr. Archer to be but an instance of abnormal growth, ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1869)
"... of Dublin (whose revision of the desmidian group in Pritchard's last edition of the Infusoria has so greatly contributed to the success of this useful ..."

3. The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa by James Cash, John Hopkinson, George Herbert Wailes (1905)
"... and Asterionella formosa, besides numerous desmidian forms. Difflugia constricta, D. globulosa, ..."

4. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine by Edward Hungerford Goddard (1884)
"Minute remains of diatomaceous and desmidian plants in the form of silicious shields secreted by the plant bear witness to a large development of this class ..."

5. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1852)
"... to depend on an immense quantity of a small desmidian, the Closterium setaceum. An example of one of the most frequent of these plants is shown in fig. ..."

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