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desmo-|ˈdɛsməʊ| combining form of Gr. δεσµός bond, fastening, chain, ligature, an element in scientific words of Greek derivation. desˈmobrya pl. [Gr. βρύον; see bryology], name for a group of ferns: hence desˈmobryoid a., belonging to or resembling the Desmobrya. ˈdesmodont a. and n. [Gr. ὀδοντ- tooth], belonging to, or one of, the Desmodonta, a group of bivalve molluscs. desˈmognathous a. [Gr. γνάθος jaw], having the type of palatal structure shown in the Desmognathæ, a group of birds in Huxley's classification, in which the maxillopalatine bones are united across the median line; so desˈmognathism, this type of palatal structure. desˈmography Anat., ‘a description of the ligaments of the body’ (Craig 1847). desˈmology, ‘the anatomy of the ligaments of the body; also, a treatise on bandages’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). desmonoˈsology [Gr. νόσος disease], ‘the description of the diseases of the ligaments’. desmopaˈthology, ‘the doctrine of diseases of ligaments’. desˈmopathy, ‘disease of the ligaments’ (Dunglison 1857). desmoˈpelmous a. [Gr. πέλµα sole of the foot], Ornith. having the plantar tendons connected, as some birds, so that the hind toe cannot be moved independently of the front toes. desˈmostichous |-kəs|, a. [Gr. στίχος row, line], belonging to or having the characters of the Desmosticha, a group of echinoids or sea-urchins having the ambulacra equal and band-like. desˈmotomy [Gr. -τοµια cutting], the dissection of ligaments (Dunglison 1857).
1854–67Harris Dict. Med. Terminol., Desmology, a treatise on the ligaments. 1875Parker in Encycl. Brit. III. 711/2 (Birds) The desmognathous type of skull. Ibid. 712/1 It is possible to make several important divisions in the kind and degree of desmognathism.
Add: ˈdesmosome Cytology. [ad. G. Desmosom (J. Schaffer Vorlesungen über Histol. & Histogenese (1920) III. 76)], a specialized area of a cell surface by which it is bound to another cell or structure; a pair of such areas, facing one another on adjacent cells and joined by filaments, with tonofilaments running into them on the intracellular side.
1930Maximow & Bloom Textbk. Histol. ii. 33 The intercellular bridges cross the clefts and each shows at its middle a small thickening, the bridge corpuscle or *desmosome. 1961[see tight junction s.v. tight a. 3]. 1982Arms & Camp Biol. (ed. 2) iv. 59 In a desmosome, filamentous material is found in the space between the cells and in the cytoplasm of the cells on either side of the junction. so desmoˈsomal a.
1917Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 9) 920/2 *Desmosomal. 1979Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene LXXIII. 321/2 A clustering of particles is found at desmosomal sites. |