| paleostriatum | Term denoting the globus pallidus and expressing the hypothesis that this component of the striate body developed earlier in evolution than the "neostriatum" or striatum (caudate nucleus and putamen) and that it is a diencephalic derivative. Origin: paleo-+ L. Striatum (05 Mar 2000) |
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| paleotechnic | Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art. "The paleotechnic men of central France." Origin: Paleo- + technic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paleothalamus | The intralaminar nuclei, believed to have been the earliest components of the thalamus to evolve; they lack reciprocal connections with the isocortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paleothere | <paleontology> Any species of Paleotherium. Origin: F. Paleothere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paleotherian | <paleontology> Of or pertaining to Paleotherium. Origin: F. Paleotherien. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paleotherium | <paleontology> An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. Alternative forms: Palaeotherium. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Ancient + beast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paleotheroid | <paleontology> Resembling Paleotherium. An animal resembling, or allied to, the paleothere. Origin: Paleothere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paleotype | See Palaeotype. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paleous | Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous. Origin: L. Palea chaff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paleozoic | <geology> Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology. Origin: Paleo- + Gr. Life, fr. To live. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paleozoology | <study> The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology. (04 Mar 1998) |
| palet | <botany> Same as Palea. See: Palea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palette | 1. A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments. Alternative forms: pallet. 2. One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. 3. <mechanics> A breastplate for a breast drill. Palette knife, a knife with a very flexible steel blade and no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to mix colours on the grinding slab or palette. To set the palette, to lay upon it the required pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use of them in a picture. See: Pallet a thin board. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palewise | In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |