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Meckelian

Meckelian adjective: of or relating to Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781-1833), German anatomist.

Adjective

Meckelian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781-1833), German anatomist.

Origin of Meckelian

From Meckel + -ian.

Words formed from Meckelian

Questions about Meckelian

What does Meckelian mean?
Meckelian means of or relating to Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781-1833), German anatomist.
What part of speech is Meckelian?
Meckelian is an adjective.

Words near Meckelian in the dictionary

  1. Meckel's diverticulum
  2. Meckel's ganglia
  3. Meckel's ganglion
  4. Meckel-Gruber syndrome
  5. Meckel-Serres law
  6. Meckelian
  7. Meckelian groove
  8. Meckhe
  9. Mecklenburg
  10. Mecklenburg County
  11. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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