- vestigial organ
- an undeveloped organ that, in the embryo or in some more or less remote ancestor, was well developed and functional.
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vestigial organ
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vestigial organ — vestigial organ. См. рудимент. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Vestigial — Adjective describing something that is a vestige (remnant) or a primitive structure, and no longer believed to be important. For example, the appendix is considered a vestigial organ, and some infants are born with a vestigial tail. * * *… … Medical dictionary
vestigial — vestigiál adj. m., pl. vestigiáli; f. sg. vestigiálă, pl. vestigiále Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic VESTIGIÁL, Ă adj. (anat.; despre un organ) rămas rudimentar în organism, care … Dicționar Român
vestigial — ► ADJECTIVE 1) forming a very small remnant of something. 2) Biology (of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having lost its function in the course of evolution. DERIVATIVES vestigially adverb … English terms dictionary
vestigial — adj. 1 being a vestige or trace. 2 Biol. (of an organ) atrophied or functionless from the process of evolution (a vestigial wing). Derivatives: vestigially adv … Useful english dictionary
vestigial — adj. [L. vestigium, footprint] Pertaining to a small, degenerate, nonfunctional organ that was ancestrally more fully developed or functional … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
organ — Any part of the body exercising a specific function, as of respiration, secretion, or digestion. SYN: organum [TA], organon. [L. organum, fr. G. organon, a tool, instrument] accessory organs 1. SYN … Medical dictionary
vestigial — [vɛ stɪdʒɪəl, dʒ(ə)l] adjective 1》 forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable. 2》 Biology (of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having become functionless in the course of … English new terms dictionary
vestigial — /vɛsˈtɪdʒəl/ (say ves tijuhl) adjective 1. relating to or of the nature of a vestige. 2. (of an organ or structure) reduced in size, complexity or function, as part of an evolutionary process, as the appendix in humans, the wings of a penguin, or …
Jacobson's organ — /jay keuhb seuhnz/, Anat., Zool. either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well developed in many animals, esp. reptiles. [1870 75; named after L. L. Jacobson (d. 1843), Danish anatomist] … Universalium
