2. Adjective. enclosed in a sheath ¹
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Definition of Ensheathed
1. ensheath [v] - See also: ensheath
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ensheathed
Literary usage of Ensheathed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"In some sense any ensheathed microfilaria may be thought of as a relatively
passive object, swept by the current of the blood and unable to accomplish much ..."
2. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"First subtype, — mosquito; mouth parts consisting of six piercing stylets, loosely
ensheathed within the labium. b. Second subtype, — horsefly; mouth parts ..."
3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1873)
"John Reid held that the intra-placental part of the maternal vascular system was
dilated into a large sac, the lining membrane of which ensheathed the fetal ..."
4. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1878)
"... of Mr. Hutchinson that pulling down the en- sheathing part had effected the
reduction, which pulling out the ensheathed part could not procure. ..."
5. A System of Surgery: Theoretical and Practical by Timothy Holmes, John Whitaker Hulke (1883)
"Warts, or verrue», are collections of overgrown cutaneous papilla;, either
completely ensheathed by an excessive formation of scaly epithelium, ..."
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