aborallyadv.
/abˈɔːrəli/, /abˈɔːrl̩i/, U.S. /ˌæbˈɔrəli/, /ˌæbˈoʊrəli/ Chiefly Zoology.
In an aboral position or direction; Medicine = aborad adv.
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1866 Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 5 610 A transverse section of an arm at its base showed aborally an arched outline.
1883 Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 16 228 Mouth-plates rather broad, prominent aborally, having 5 or 6 short mouth-spines attached to the lateral aliform extensions, and directed horizontally.
1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 675/1 The shell is similar to that of Loligo, but ends aborally in a little hollow cone.
1939 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 46 109/2 Of interest is the inconsistent decrease in size of the tumor from the cecum aborally.
1974 Nature 8 Feb. 395/2 The arms were always seen to recurve aborally through almost 270°.
1992 Age & Ageing 21 1/1 Under normal conditions, the major factor that limits the concentration of bacteria in the upper small intestine is intestinal motility, sweeping gut contents aborally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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