convoluted
21convoluted tubule — noun Date: 1923 all or part of the coiled sections of a nephron: a. proximal convoluted tubule b. distal convoluted tubule …
22convoluted tubule — noun 1. : proximal convoluted tubule 2. : distal convoluted tubule * * * n. Anat. a portion of the nephron in the kidney that functions in concentrating urine and in maintaining salt, water, and sugar balance. [1945 50] …
23convoluted T-cell lymphoma — lymphoblastic lymphoma with markedly convoluted nuclei …
24convoluted — twisted, coiled …
25convoluted — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. complicated (See difficulty); twisting, tortuous. See convolution. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Difficult to understand because of intricacy: byzantine, complex, complicated, daedal,… …
26convoluted — con·vo·lut·ed || kÉ‘nvÉ™luËtɪd / kÉ’n adj. curved, coiled, twisted; involved, intricate, complicated con·vo·lute || kÉ’nvÉ™luËt v. twist, coil, roll …
27convoluted — [ˌkɒnvə l(j)u:tɪd] adjective 1》 (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex. 2》 chiefly technical intricately folded, twisted, or coiled. Derivatives convolutedly adverb …
28convoluted — adj. 1 coiled, twisted. 2 complex, intricate. Derivatives: convolutedly adv. Etymology: past part. of convolute f. L convolutus (as COM , volvere volut roll) …
29convoluted gland — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In some aculeates, a part of the venom producing structures invaginated into the venom sac; in formacine ants it is external to this sac; not found in bees …
30convoluted tubule — n. Anat. a portion of the nephron in the kidney that functions in concentrating urine and in maintaining salt, water, and sugar balance. [1945 50] * * * …
