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galeal

galeal adjective: relating to a galea.

Adjective

galeal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a galea.
    • Setae on the apex of the galea are in four well-separated rows. In addition, the galeal setae are modified to subspatulate or platelike structures.1984, Quentin Wheeler, Meredith Blackwell, editors, Fungus-Insect Relationships: Perspectives in Ecology and Evolution
  2. Relating to the galea aponeurosis.
    • Resection of the frontalis muscle can result in a contour defect and should be avoided when harvesting a galeal flap.1999, Robert F Keating, An Atlas of Orbitocranial Surgery, page 40

Words formed from galeal

Questions about galeal

What does galeal mean?
Galeal means relating to a galea.
What part of speech is galeal?
Galeal is an adjective.

Words near galeal in the dictionary

  1. Gale-Shapley algorithm
  2. galea
  3. galea aponeurotica
  4. galeae
  5. galeage
  6. galeal
  7. Galeana
  8. Galeanas
  9. Galeano
  10. Galeanos
  11. galeanthropy

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