| radiciform | <botany> Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| radicle | <plant biology> The portion of an embryo that gives rise to the root system of a plant. Compare: plumule. (09 Oct 1997) |
| radicotomy | Synonym: rhizotomy. Origin: L. Radix (radic-), root, + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| radicul- | See: radiculo-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radicula | A spinal nerve root. Origin: L. Dim of radix, root (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiculalgia | Neuralgia due to irritation of the sensory root of a spinal nerve. Origin: radicul-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| radicular | Of or performance to roots, or the root of a plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| radicular abscess | Alveolar abscess, an abscess around a tooth root. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radicular arteries | Branches of spinal arteries distributed to the dorsal and ventral roots of spinal nerves and their coverings.spinal arteries.. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radicular cyst | Slow-growing fluid-filled epithelial sac at the apex of a tooth with a nonvital pulp or defective root canal filling. (12 Dec 1998) |
| radicular fila | The small, individual fibre fascicles into which the roots of all of the spinal nerves and several cranial nerves (hypoglossus, vagus, oculomotorius) divide in fanlike fashion before entering or leaving the spinal cord or brainstem; the spinal dorsal root may divide into 8 to 12 such rootlets. Synonym: fila radicularia, root filaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radicular pulp | That part of the dental pulp contained within the apical or root portion of the tooth. Synonym: pulpa radicularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radicular syndrome | A group of symptoms resulting from any interference with the intradural portion of one or more spinal nerve roots; the chief symptoms are pain, paresthesia, hypesthesia, or hyperesthesia, motor, trophic, and reflex disturbances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiculectomy | Synonym: rhizotomy. Origin: radicul-+ G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiculitis | Inflammation of the root of a spinal nerve. The latin radix means root. (12 Dec 1998) |