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Definition of Pedicle
1. Noun. A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
Definition of Pedicle
1. n. Same as Pedicel.
Definition of Pedicle
1. Noun. (zoology) A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) The attachment point for antlers in cervids. ¹
3. Noun. A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue ¹
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5. Noun. ¹
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¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pedicle
1. pedicel [n -S] : PEDICLED [adj] - See also: pedicel
Medical Definition of Pedicle
1. 1. A constricted portion or stalk. Synonym: pediculus. 2. A stalk by which a nonsessile tumour is attached to normal tissue. Synonym: pedunculus, peduncle. 3. A stalk through which a flap receives nourishment until its transfer to another site results in the nourishment coming from that site. Origin: L. Pediculus, dim. Of pes, foot (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedicle
Literary usage of Pedicle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"... for Carcinoma of the Ovary and for Ovarian Tumor with Twisted pedicle. ...
cyst with twisted pedicle was removed. The pregnancy went on undisturbed. ..."
2. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"In France, Maisonneuve twisted off the cyst by continued torsion, leaving the
pedicle to fall back into the abdomen ; whilst ..."
3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1865)
"His plan is to transfix tho pedicle by a double silk ligature, to cut the ends
of the ... I have now returned the pedicle into the pelvis in ten cases, ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"Heavy dots indicate changes in cells. u, Type I, atypical changes in villi both
near surface and near to pedicle, b, Type II, atypical cells in villi ..."
5. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Body spherical, nearly as broad as long, its surface smooth; pedicle short ...
conspicuously ciliate ; pedicle short and stout, twice the length of the body ..."
6. Diseases of the ovaries: Their Diagnosis and Treatment by Spencer Wells (1873)
"The pedicle was tied with silk or whipcord, the tumour cut away, and the tied
pedicle was left low down in the abdominal cavity, surrounded by the ligature, ..."
7. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1871)
"The pedicle, having been roughly trimmed, is perforated by a needle, armed with
a double strong thread or whipcord ligature in two or three places, ..."
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