| marsupial | 1. <zoology> Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia. 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones. Marsupial frog. <zoology> See Nototrema. Origin: Cf. F. Marsupial. <zoology> One of the Marsupialia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| marsupial notch | A narrow notch between the cerebellar hemispheres posteriorly, occupied by the falx cerebelli. Synonym: incisura cerebelli posterior, marsupial notch, posterior notch of cerebellum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marsupialia | <zoology> A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Synonym: Marsupiata. Origin: NL, fr. L. Marsupium a pouch, bag, purse, Gr, dim. Of. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marsupialisation | <procedure> A surgical technique that is used to remove a cyst. (05 Jan 1998) |
| marsupialization | Exteriorization of a cyst or other such enclosed cavity by resecting the anterior wall and suturing the cut edges of the remaining wall to adjacent edges of the skin, thereby creating a pouch. Origin: L. Marsupium, pouch (05 Mar 2000) |
| marsupian | <zoology> One of the Marsupialia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marsupiate | <zoology> Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |