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schizochroal

schizochroal adjective: with compound lenses, each with separate cornea, each lens separated from others by deep scleral walls and forming an image; the corneal membrane extends downward into sclera.

Adjective

schizochroal (not comparable)

  1. With compound lenses, each with separate cornea, each lens separated from others by deep scleral walls and forming an image; the corneal membrane extends downward into sclera.
    • The first group may be designated by the term Holochroal; the second group by the term Schizochroal.1888 November, John M. Clarke, “The structure and development of the visual area in the trilobite, Phacops rana, Green”, in Journal of Morphology, volume ii, number 2, Boston, page 254

Origin of schizochroal

Coined by American paleontologist John Mason Clarke in 1888 (see citation), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”) + -al.

Questions about schizochroal

What does schizochroal mean?
Schizochroal means with compound lenses, each with separate cornea, each lens separated from others by deep scleral walls and forming an image; the corneal membrane extends downward into sclera.
What part of speech is schizochroal?
Schizochroal is an adjective.

Words near schizochroal in the dictionary

  1. schizocarps
  2. schizocartographies
  3. schizocartography
  4. schizocele
  5. schizocephaly
  6. schizochroal
  7. schizochromism
  8. schizocoel
  9. schizocoele
  10. schizocoeles
  11. schizocoelic

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