| pedicellate | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Pediculati. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pedicellation | Formation of a pedicle or peduncle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pedicellina | <zoology> A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. Origin: NL. See Pedicel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pedicle | 1. A constricted portion or stalk. Synonym: pediculus. 2. A stalk by which a nonsessile tumour is attached to normal tissue. Synonym: pedunculus, peduncle. 3. A stalk through which a flap receives nourishment until its transfer to another site results in the nourishment coming from that site. Origin: L. Pediculus, dim. Of pes, foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| pedicle flap | A skin flap sustained by a blood-carrying stem from the donor site during transfer, in periodontal surgery, a flap used to increase the width of attached gingiva, or to cover a root surface, by moving the attached gingiva, which remains joined at one side, to an adjacent position and suturing the free end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pedicle graft | A skin flap sustained by a blood-carrying stem from the donor site during transfer, in periodontal surgery, a flap used to increase the width of attached gingiva, or to cover a root surface, by moving the attached gingiva, which remains joined at one side, to an adjacent position and suturing the free end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pedicle of arch of vertebra | The constricted portion of the arch on either side extending from the body to the lamina; bound intervertebral foramina superiorly and inferiorly. Synonym: pediculus arcus vertebrae, radix arcus vertebrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pedicular | Relating to pediculi, or lice. Origin: L. Pedicularis (05 Mar 2000) |
| pediculate | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Pediculati. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pediculati | <zoology> An order of fishes including the anglers. Origin: NL. See Pedicle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pediculation | <medicine> Phthiriasis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pediculi | Plural of pediculus. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pediculicide | An agent used to destroy lice. Origin: L. Pediculus, louse, + caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000) |
| pediculina | <zoology> A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. Origin: NL. See Pediculus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Pediculoides ventricosus | Synonym: Pyemotes tritici. Origin: Mod. L., fr. L. Pediculus, louse, + venter, belly (05 Mar 2000) |