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Notochord :: Notochord (n.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm..

Uniaxial :: Uniaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.

Preaxial :: Preaxial (a.) Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb..

Prepollent :: Prepollent (n.) An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex..

Occipitoaxial :: Occipitoaxial (a.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis..

Monaxial :: Monaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; as, monaxial development..

Pollex :: Pollex (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing..

Bisectrix :: Bisectrix (n.) The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.

Uni- :: Uni- () A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular..

Crystal :: Crystal (n.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization..

Uniaxal :: Uniaxal (a.) Uniaxial.

Prehallux :: Prehallux (n.) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux..

Sectant :: Sectant (n.) One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes..

Radius :: Radius (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla..

Subverter :: Subvertebral (a.) Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal..

Axially :: Axially (adv.) In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line..

Abaxial :: Abaxial (a.) Alt. of Abaxil.

Epaxial :: Epaxial (a.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal..

Biaxial :: Biaxial (a.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization..

Uniaxial :: Uniaxial (a.) Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction..

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