Definition of Pterygial

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pterygium ¹

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Definition of Pterygial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterygial

pterosaur
pterosaurian
pterosaurians
pterosaurs
pterostigma
pterostigmata
pterostilbene
pterostilbenes
pteroyl
pteroyl glutamic acid
pteroylglutamic
pteroylglutamic acid
pteroylmonoglutamic acid
pteroyls
pterygia
pterygial (current term)
pterygiate
pterygiophore
pterygium
pterygiums
pterygoid
pterygoid muscle
pterygoid plexus
pterygoid process
pterygoids
pterygomaxillary
pterygopalatine
pterygopodia
pterygopodium
pterygoquadrate

Literary usage of Pterygial

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

1. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"4. Meso-pterygium. 5. Pro-pterygium. 6. Pro-pterygial radial. 7. ... Meta-pterygial radial. 9. Oat- line of the distal part of the fin which is supported by ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1891)
"... seera to have been true Elasmobranchs; but their pectoral fins are not " archi- pterygial" in the sense of ..."

3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1900)
"... -pterygial inyo- tomes, by looking on the nerves received from regions of the spinal cord anterior to the attachment of the limb as forming a kind of ..."

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