| medusa | 1. The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. <zoology> Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. The larger medusae belong to the Discophora, and are sometimes called covered-eyed medusae; others, known as naked-eyed medusae, belong to the Hydroidea, and are usually developed by budding from hidroids. See Discophora, Hydroidea, and Hydromedusa. <medicine> Medusa bud A cluster of stars in the constellation Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Medusa head | Varicose veins radiating from the umbilicus, seen in the Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome, dilated ciliary arteries girdling the corneoscleral limbus in rubeosis iridis. Synonym: Medusa head. Origin: Medusa, G. Myth. Char. (05 Mar 2000) |
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(Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus jellyfish: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans one of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
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In biology, a medusa (also known as a hydromedusa) is a form of cnidarian in which the body is shortened on its principal axis and broadened, sometimes greatly, in contrast with the hydroid or polyp. Medusae vary from bell-shaped to the shape of a thin disk, scarcely convex above and only slightly concave below. ...
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the sexual stage of Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa.
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The umbrella-shaped type of jelly.
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| medusa | one of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles |
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| medusa | any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans |
| medusa | (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena |
| medusa | weedy rye grass having long bristling awns |
| medusa | African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches |
| medusa | any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans |
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