clefts

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• clefts — kleft n. fissure, crevice, crack, gap adj. divided, split …   English contemporary dictionary

• Visceral clefts — Visceral Vis cer*al, a. [Cf. F. visc[ e]ral, LL. visceralis.] 1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or affecting the viscera; splanchnic. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Having deep sensibility. [R.] Bp. Reynolds. [1913 Webster] 3. proceeding from emotion or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Gill clefts — Gill Gill (g[i^]l), n. [Dan. gi[ae]lle, gelle; akin to Sw. g[ a]l, Icel. gj[ o]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.] 1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia. [1913 Webster] Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Branchial clefts — Branchial Bran chi*al, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to branchi[ae] or gills. [1913 Webster] {Branchial arches}, the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. See Illustration in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Branchial clefts — Cleft Cleft, n. [OE. clift; cf. Sw. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. kl[ o]ft, G. kluft. See {Cleave} to split and cf. 2d {Clift}, 1st {Clough}.] 1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. Is. ii …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• subneural clefts — evenly spaced lamella like clefts within the primary synaptic cleft, formed by infoldings of the sarcolemma into the underlying sarcolemma of muscle; called also subneural apparatus and secondary synaptic c s …   Medical dictionary

• Lanterman incisures (clefts) — Lan·ter·man incisures (clefts) (lanґtər mən) [A.J. Lanterman, American anatomist in Germany, late 19th century] Schmidt Lanterman incisures; see under incisure …   Medical dictionary

• Maurer dots (clefts spots) stippling — Mau·rer dots (clefts, spots), stippling (mouґrer) [Georg Maurer, German physician, early 20th century] see under dot and stippling …   Medical dictionary

• Schmidt-Lanterman incisures (clefts) segment — Schmidt Lan·ter·man incisures (clefts), segment (shmitґ lanґtər mən) [Henry D. Schmidt, American anatomist, 1823–1888; A.J. Lanterman, American anatomist in Germany, late 19th century] see under incisure, and see medullary segment,… …   Medical dictionary

• visceral clefts — the jaw, hyoid and gill arches …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• branchial clefts — 1. the slitlike openings in the gills of fishes, formed between the branchial arches. 2. pharyngeal grooves …   Medical dictionary