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Medical dictionary. 2011.
pacchionian body — |pakē|ōnēən noun or pacchionian corpuscle Usage: sometimes capitalized P Etymology: Antonio Pacchioni died 1726 Italian anatomist + English an : a small whitish process that is one of the enlarged villi of the arachnoid membrane of the brain… … Useful english dictionary
Pacchionian body — see arachnoid villus [A. Pacchioni (1665–1726), Italian anatomist] … The new mediacal dictionary
pacchionian corpuscle — noun see pacchionian body … Useful english dictionary
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
arachnoid granulation — n any of the small whitish processes that are enlarged villi of the arachnoid membrane of the brain which protrude into the superior sagittal sinus and into depressions in the neighboring bone called also arachnoid villus, pacchionian body … Medical dictionary
arachnoid granulation — noun : pacchionian body … Useful english dictionary
Pacchioni — Antonio, Italian anatomist, 1665–1726. See pacchionian bodies, under body, pacchionian corpuscles, under corpuscle, pacchionian depressions, under depression, pacchionian glands, under gland, pacchionian granulations, under granulation … Medical dictionary
skeletal system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction the internal skeleton that serves as a framework for the body. This framework consists of many individual bones (bone) and cartilages (cartilage). There also are bands of fibrous connective tissue the ligaments (ligament)… … Universalium
gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… … Medical dictionary
corpuscle — 1. A small mass or body. 2. A blood cell. SYN: corpusculum. [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus, body] amnionic c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. amylaceous c., amyloid c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. articular corpuscles … Medical dictionary
