| tufted | 1. Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck. 2. Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty. "The tufted crowtoe, and pale jessamine." (Milton) "Tufted trees and springing corn. <zoology>" (Pope) Tufted duck, the ring-necked duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tufted cell | A particular type of cell in the olfactory bulb comparable to the bulb's mitral cell with respect to afferent and efferent relationships, but smaller and more superficially located. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tufted phalanx | One of the terminal phalanges of the fingers in acromegaly; it has an expanded extremity resembling a sheaf of wheat. (05 Mar 2000) |