| piscine | Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a fish. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| piscivorous | <zoology> Feeding or subsisting on fish. Origin: L. Piscis a fish + vorare to devour: cf. F. Piscivore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pishu | <zoology> The Canada lynx. Alternative forms: peeshoo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pisiform | <anatomy> A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pisiform bone | A small bone resembling a pea in size and shape, in the proximal row of the carpus, lying on the anterior surface of the triquetral with which alone it articulates; it gives insertion to the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. Synonym: os pisiforme, lentiform bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pismire | <zoology> An ant, or emmet. Origin: Piss + mire; so called because it discharges a moisture vulgarly considered urine. See Mire an ant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pisohamate ligament | <anatomy> A strong fibrous band that extends from the pisiform bone to the hook of the hamate. Synonym: ligamentum pisohamatum, pisounciform ligament, pisouncinate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pisolite | <chemical> A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea. Synonym: peastone, peagrit. Oolite is similar in structure, but the concretions are as small as the roe of a fish. Origin: Gr. A pea: cf. F. Pisolithe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pisolitic | <chemical> Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite. Origin: Cf. F. Pisolithique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pisometacarpal ligament | <anatomy> A strong fibrous band extending from the pisiform bone to the base of the fifth metacarpal bone; this ligament, together with the pisohamate ligament, forms the tendon of insertion of the flexor carpi ulnaris, in which the pisiform bone is like a sesamoid bone. Synonym: ligamentum pisometacarpeum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pisophalt | <chemical> Pissasphalt. Origin: For pissasphalt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pisotriquetral joint | The synovial joint between the pisiform and triquetrum; it is separate from the other intercarpal joints. Synonym: articulatio ossis pisiformis, articulation of pisiform bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pisounciform ligament | <anatomy> A strong fibrous band that extends from the pisiform bone to the hook of the hamate. Synonym: ligamentum pisohamatum, pisounciform ligament, pisouncinate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pisouncinate ligament | <anatomy> A strong fibrous band that extends from the pisiform bone to the hook of the hamate. Synonym: ligamentum pisohamatum, pisounciform ligament, pisouncinate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pissabed | <botany> A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |