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paradiapophyseal

paradiapophyseal adjective: that covers the diapophysis.

Adjective

paradiapophyseal (not comparable)

  1. That covers the diapophysis
    • This buttress bifurcates ventrally forming a prominent PCDL which extends to the centrum, and a faint but distinct ridge that extends to the anterodorsal margin of the parapophysis, in the equivalent position of the paradiapophyseal lamina (PPDL; [30 ]; Fig 19C ).2015 October 15, “The Postcranial Skeleton of an Exceptionally Complete Individual of the Plated Dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of...

Origin of paradiapophyseal

From para- + diapophyseal.

Questions about paradiapophyseal

What does paradiapophyseal mean?
Paradiapophyseal means that covers the diapophysis.
What part of speech is paradiapophyseal?
Paradiapophyseal is an adjective.

Words near paradiapophyseal in the dictionary

  1. paradessences
  2. paradest
  3. paradeth
  4. paradiapause
  5. paradiapaused
  6. paradiapophyseal
  7. paradiapophyses
  8. paradiapophysis
  9. paradiastole
  10. paradiastoles
  11. paradiastolic

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