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Webster 1913 Edition

Basipterygium

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Ba-sipˊte-ryg′i-um

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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.

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Ba-sipˊter-yg′i-al

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Adj.