单词 | meniscoid |
释义 | meniscoidadj.n. A. adj. 1. Chiefly Botany. Resembling a meniscus (meniscus n. 2); thin and concavo-convex. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having specific shape fingered1597 fistular1640 umbilicated1693 pectinal1705 fornicated1750 deltoid1753 linguiform1753 panduriform1753 lingulated1754 campaniform1758 augmented1760 ringed1760 securiform1760 urceolate1760 utricular1760 lingulate1763 vermicular1766 pandurated1771 navicular1793 semicolumnar1793 ungulate1802 capitellate1808 meniscoid1821 virgate1821 mitriform1824 pulvinate1824 caudated1829 vulviform1829 caudate1830 circinate1830 intruded1830 trochlear1830 scalariform1836 hippocrepiform1847 neottious1850 pulviniform1851 foxglove-shaped1856 clathroid1857 molariform1857 velate1857 strombuliform1859 calceiform1860 coralline1860 forniciform1860 urceolar1860 calceolate1861 frustulose1866 pandurate1866 intruse1870 scalar1880 meniscoidal1881 fingerposted1885 applanate1887 trochleariform1895 naviculoid1898 halonate1911 1821 tr. A. P. de Candolle & K. Sprengel Elements Philos. Plants §31. 28 The higher degree of the shield-shaped passes into the meniscoid (meniscoideus). 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 380 Meniscoid;..resembling a watch-glass. 1858 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1853–7 6 428 The meniscoid strata were at first very distinct, but faded away in a few seconds. 1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses iii. 22 In Sphagnum the spore-sac..consists of..a meniscoid cyst at the top. 1910 Bot. Gaz. 49 32 Every distinguishing character peculiar to the megaspore was present, such as..position and shape of nucleus (which is always apical and meniscoid), and manner of vacuolation. 1941 Amer. Midland Naturalist 25 704 The lower caniniform tooth is compressed and shows a meniscoid cross section. 1999 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 160 435 Meniscoideisporites, characterized by meniscoid conidia, is not attributable to any living taxa based on reliable taxonomic characters. 2. Anatomy and Medicine. Resembling a meniscus (meniscus n. 4); spec. designating or relating to a pad of fibroadipose tissue resembling a meniscus, occurring in certain joints as a normal or pathological finding. Also: = meniscal adj. (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > types of cartilage > [adjective] sesamine1578 sesamoid1696 sesamoideal1869 meniscoid1870 meniscal1897 1870 Philos. Trans. 1869 (Royal Soc.) 159 767 Whenever this bone articulates with a basipterygoid process, a meniscoid plate is developed on the corresponding part of the pterygoid. 1950 I. Wolin et al. in Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 91 198/2 A large ‘meniscoid’ mass was found between the talus and the tip of the fibula. 1976 Arthritis & Rheumatism 19 1297/2 Six patients, each with a traumatized meniscoid cartilage, constituted the control group. 1982 Jrnl. Anat. 135 803 Meniscoid structures are known in the metacarpophalangeal joints. 1994 Clinics in Podiatric Med. & Surg. 11 507 For those cases where the benefits of distraction are desired (some dome fractures, meniscoid lesions, gutter pathology, and adhesive capsulitis).., noninvasive distraction systems are now available that offer a sustainable joint separation of good magnitude. 1999 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 173 685/1 Such lesions were described as early as 1950 by Wolin et al., who used the term ‘meniscoid lesion’. B. n. Medicine and Anatomy. An intra-articular pad of fibroadipose tissue resembling a meniscus (cf. A. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > types of cartilage > [noun] meniscus1830 sesamoid1854 meniscoid1950 1950 I. Wolin et al. in Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 91 199/2 (caption) Formation of ‘meniscoid’ following imperfect repair. 1982 Jrnl. Anat. 135 803 The fibro-adipose meniscoids..were referred to as meniscoids rather than menisci because histologically they more closely resemble a fibrous fat pad rather than the familiar, fibrocartilaginous menisci of the temporomandibular joint or knee. 1993 Brit. Jrnl. Rheumatol. 32 705 The function of fibroadipose meniscoids seems to be to protect the articular cartilages in gliding joints that subluxate during normal movement. Derivatives meniˈscoidal adj. rare = sense A. 1. ΚΠ 1881–2 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria II. 870 Meniscoidal, having a lens-shaped or watch-glass-like contour, convex on the one side and concave on the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1821 |
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