释义 |
ectal, a. Anat.|ˈɛktəl| [f. Gr. ἐκτός outside + -al.] External, superficial. rare.
1881B. G. Wilder in Science (N.Y.) 19 Mar. 125/1 Ental, and ectal are here first proposed as substitutes for the more or less ambiguous words inner and outer, interior and exterior [etc.]. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 280/1 Ectal layer, a thin membrane at the extreme edge of an excipulum. |