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Definition of Meniscoid
1. a. Concavo-convex, like a meniscus.
Definition of Meniscoid
1. Adjective. concavo-convex, like a meniscus ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meniscoid
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Meniscoid
1. Concavo-convex, like a meniscus. Origin: Meniscus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meniscoid
Literary usage of Meniscoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Of the form of a meniscus or crescent. meniscoid (me-nis'koid), a. [< Gr.
ит/ъ'юкос, а crescent, ..."
2. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville Kent (1880)
"Its most characteristic concavo-convex or meniscoid contour is best illustrated
when seen end-on from behind, as represented at PL XXIV. Fig. 26. ..."
3. Miscellaneous Works of the Late Thomas Young by Thomas Young (1855)
"... by considering that, according to the principle laid down in the second section
of this essay, the sum of the thicknesses of the evanescent meniscoid, ..."
4. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1886)
"... more strongly corrugated than in the last; the concealed ones less meniscoid
and with distinct traces of corrugation. Probably not common in California. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"Chalcopyrite has a higher vertical range—perhaps because it was formed a greater
depth. The explanation of the meniscoid form of the deposit is ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"Chalcopyrite has a higher vertical range—perhaps because it was formed at a
greater depth. The explanation of the meniscoid form of the deposit is ..."
7. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"A meniscoid layer of fluid still extends over that portion of the egg that is
now seen to be the animal pole, though the further stages of segmentation seem ..."
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