| platycyte | A relatively small giant cell sometimes formed in tubercles. Origin: platy-+ G. Kytos, cell (05 Mar 2000) |
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| platyelminthes | <zoology> A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Synonym: flatworms. Origin: NL. See Platy-, and Helminthes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| platyglossal | Having a broad, flattened tongue. Origin: platy-+ G. Glossa, tongue (05 Mar 2000) |
| platyhelmia | <zoology> Same as Platyelminthes. Alternative forms: Platyelmia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| platyhelminth | Common name for any flatworm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; any cestode (tapeworm) or trematode (fluke). Origin: platy-+ G. Helmins, worm (05 Mar 2000) |
| Platyhelminthes | A phylum of flatworms that are bilaterally symmetric, flattened, and acelomate. There is no digestive tract in some platyhelminths (Cestoda), or the gut may be incomplete (without an anus), as in the Trematoda; most of the forms are hermaphroditic. There are three major classes, but the parasitic species of medical and veterinary importance are in the subclass Cestoda (the true tapeworms) of the class Cestoidea, and in the subclass Digenea (the digenetic flukes) of the class Trematoda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| platyhelminths | A phylum of acoelomate, bilaterally symmetrical flatworms, without a definite anus. It includes three classes: cestoda, turbellaria, and trematoda. (12 Dec 1998) |
| platyhieric | Having a broad sacrum. Origin: platy-+ G. Heiron, sacrum (05 Mar 2000) |
| platymeric | Having a broad femur. Origin: platy-+ G. Meros, thigh (05 Mar 2000) |
| platymeter | <apparatus, physics> An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or the inductive capacity of dielectrics. (24 Mar 1998) |
| platymorphia | Having a flat shape; term denoting an eye with a short anteroposterior axis. Origin: platy-+ G. Morphe, shape (05 Mar 2000) |
| platyopia | Broadness of the face; denoting a condition in which the orbitonasal index is less than 107.5. Origin: platy-+ G. Ops, eye, face (05 Mar 2000) |
| platyopic | Relating to or characterised by platyopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| platypellic | Having a broad pelvis, with an index below 90 |
| platypellic pelvis | Flat oval pelvis, in which the transverse diameter is more than 3 cm longer than the anteroposterior diameter. (05 Mar 2000) |