a small raised platform used by lecturers, orchestra conductors, etc; dais
2.
a plinth that supports a colonnade or wall
3.
a low wall surrounding the arena of an ancient amphitheatre
4. zoology
a.
the terminal part of a vertebrate limb
b.
any footlike organ, such as the tube foot of a starfish
verb
5. (intransitive) informal
to finish in one of the first three places in a sporting competition
Word origin
C18: from Latin: platform, balcony, from Greek podion little foot, from pous foot
Examples of 'podia' in a sentence
podia
Tumor budding and podia formation were both appreciably present in the xenografts.
Friedrich Prall, Claudia Maletzki, Maja Hühns, Mathias Krohn, Michael Linnebacher 2017, 'Colorectal carcinoma tumour budding and podia formation in the xenograft microenvironment.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5645095?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Early appendages consisted of 15 spines, 15 podia (2 types), and 5 sphaeridia.
Bruno C. Vellutini, Alvaro E. Migotto 2010, 'Embryonic, Larval, and Juvenile Development of the Sea Biscuit Clypeaster subdepressus(Echinodermata: Clypeasteroida)', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0009654. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our model substantially improves on previous models by explicitly representing cell podia and their dynamics.
Martin Hoffmann, Jens-Peer Kuska, Matthias Zscharnack, Markus Loeffler, Joerg Galle 2011, 'Spatial organization of mesenchymal stem cells in vitro--results from a new individualcell-based model with podia.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3132757?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this study, we addressed how tumour budding and podia formation feature in xenografts.
Friedrich Prall, Claudia Maletzki, Maja Hühns, Mathias Krohn, Michael Linnebacher 2017, 'Colorectal carcinoma tumour budding and podia formation in the xenograft microenvironment',PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0186271. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It employs podia-generated forces for cell movement and adjusts cell behavior in response to cell density.
Martin Hoffmann, Jens-Peer Kuska, Matthias Zscharnack, Markus Loeffler, Joerg Galle 2011, 'Spatial organization of mesenchymal stem cells in vitro--results from a new individualcell-based model with podia.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3132757?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These were distributed throughout all of the nervous structures, including the connective tissue plexi of the body wall and podia.
Carlos A Díaz-Balzac, María I Lázaro-Peña, Enrique M García-Rivera, Carlos I González,José E García-Arrarás 2012, 'Calbindin-D32k is localized to a subpopulation of neurons in the nervous system ofthe sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima (Echinodermata).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3296734?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)