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Definition of Insheathing
1. insheath [v] - See also: insheath
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insheathing
Literary usage of Insheathing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homœopathy by American Institute of Homeopathy Session (1875)
"But while this is true, I am much inclined to the belief that practically there
does many times exist an insheathing callus, which partakes more or less of ..."
2. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"insheathing; surrounding. Investiture, Investment (in-vest'-i-chur, invest'-ment) [in,
in; valere, to clothe]. A sheath; a covering. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"... smooth, black, polished; in dry specimens truncate by the insheathing of the
last three segments within the others. Length, .11. Length of wings, .11. ..."
4. The Batrachia of North America by Edward Drinker Cope (1889)
"Sometimes the first branchia is inclosed in a distinct sheath from the other two,
and sometimes all are distinct. The insheathing membrane may be continuous ..."
5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1888)
"The insheathing layer is probably a chronic exudation. is more extensively detached
the enclosed space is, of course, larger, and may contain many ..."
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