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mesocardiac

mesocardiac adjective: near the middle of the heart (or, especially, the cardiac stomach of an invertebrate).

Adjective

mesocardiac (not comparable)

  1. Near the middle of the heart (or, especially, the cardiac stomach of an invertebrate)
    • Centrally-positioned transverse cross sections were taken from pterocardiac and zygocardiac ossicles (Fig 2A and 2B ), while mesocardiac ossicles and eyestalks were cut longitudinally (Fig 2C and 2D ) (following Leland et al.2015 August 27, “Direct Age Determination of a Subtropical Freshwater Crayfish (Redclaw, Cherax quadricarinatus ) Using Ossicular Growth Marks”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of mesocardiac

From meso- + cardiac.

Questions about mesocardiac

What does mesocardiac mean?
Mesocardiac means near the middle of the heart (or, especially, the cardiac stomach of an invertebrate).
What part of speech is mesocardiac?
Mesocardiac is an adjective.

Words near mesocardiac in the dictionary

  1. mesobrowsers
  2. mesobuccal
  3. mesobuthid
  4. mesocaecum
  5. mesocarb
  6. mesocardiac
  7. mesocardial
  8. mesocardium
  9. mesocarnivore
  10. mesocarnivores
  11. mesocarnivorous

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