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Webster 1913 Edition
Basipterygium
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Ba-sipˊte-ryg′i-um
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
βάσισ
a base + πτερύγιον
a fin.] (Anat.)
A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.
– Ba-sipˊter-yg′i-al
, Adj.
Definition 2024
basipterygium
basipterygium
English
Noun
basipterygium (plural basipterygia)
- A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity