Definition of Typhlosole

1. n. A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some other animals.

Definition of Typhlosole

1. Noun. a fold in the surface of the intestines of some invertebrates etc that increases its digestive surface area ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Typhlosole

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Typhlosole

1. A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some other animals. Origin: Gr. Blind + channel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Typhlosole

typhlitic
typhlitis
typhlitises
typhlo-
typhlocolitis
typhlodicliditis
typhloempyema
typhloenteritis
typhlolithiasis
typhlology
typhlomegaly
typhlon
typhlopexy
typhlorrhaphy
typhlosis
typhlosole (current term)
typhlosoles
typhlostomy
typhlotomy
typho-
typhoean
typhogenic
typhoid
typhoid-paratyphoid A and B vaccine
typhoid bacillus
typhoid bacteriophage
typhoid cholera
typhoid fever
typhoid pleurisy
typhoid pneumonia

Literary usage of Typhlosole

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

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1899)
"The blood-supply of the typhlosole is derived from the dorsal vessel in two different ways, alternating with each other in each somite. ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1899)
"The blood-supply of the typhlosole is derived from the dorsal vessel in two different ways, alternating with each other in each somite. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. those found in the extreme posterior end of the adult typhlosole. They are larger in all dimensions than those in the rest ..."

4. The Wilder Quarter-century Book: A Collection of Original Papers Dedicated (1893)
"The mesenteric vein and artery are in the typhlosole. N. Nucleus. On Fig. ... The tissue of the typhlosole appears to be largely lymphoid in character. ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"Section of elongated cell at dorsal margin of typhlosole showing fibres which ... Cell from ventral side posterior to typhlosole showing continuity of ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1891)
"As a matter of fact I have found a typhlosole in some species of ... It is true that in these species the typhlosole is small; but it is not less developed ..."

7. The London Medical Gazette (1847)
"Í may further mention, that the free surface of the typhlosole •'/ may be sometimes ... The function of the typhlosole is probably that attributed to it by ..."

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