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Laminiplantar :: Laminiplantar (a.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks..

Whittle :: Whittle (n.) A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife..

Perineurium :: Perineurium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma..

Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case..

Sheathed :: Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of Sheath.

Tubicorn :: Tubicorn (n.) Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.

Vagina :: Vagina (n.) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein..

Bowie Knife :: Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife..

Coleorhiza :: Coleorhiza (n.) A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle..

Epineurium :: Epineurium (n.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium..

Tenosynovitis :: Tenosynovitis (n.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.

Neurokeratin :: Neurokeratin (n.) A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin..

Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath..

Cot :: Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To pull from a sheath, as a sword..

Sheath :: Sheath (n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part..

Nonmedullated :: Nonmedullated (a.) Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber..

Insheathe :: Insheathe (v. t.) To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.

Mitten :: Mitten (n.) A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger..

Exophyllous :: Exophyllous (a.) Not sheathed in another leaf.

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