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adjective
- (context, of an egg) having the yolk at one end
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noun
- (medicine) An abnormal tumor similar to a teratoma.
- 1903, http://books.google.com/books?id=gAa92WzbjPYC&ei=zhduR-vwBJrutAPd38SeBw Encyclopaedia Medica vol. 13, page 138:
- In each of these divisions there are subdivisions, according as the parasite consists of a more or less recognisable f�tus, or only of a mass of f�tal tissue (teratomata, teratoids, dermoids).
- 2005, Richard A. Bordow, Andrew L. Ries, Timothy A. Morris, http://books.google.com/books?id=1lBD6-A_7JkC Manual of Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine, 6th edition, page 610:
- They can be divided into dermoids (only an epithelial layer present) and teratoids (all three germ layers present).
- (literature) A mutant.
- 2002, Lance Olsen, "Omniphage: Rock 'n' Roll and Avant-Pop Science Fiction", in Edging Into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural Transformation http://books.google.com/books?id=2751nCbyOJQC, ISBN 0812218043, page 51:
- I wanted to explore how at the launch of a new millennium many people were beginning to feel like teratoids in the global commodity exchange.
- 2002, Aiko Ito and Graeme Wilson, translators, Natsume Soseki, I Am a Cat vol. 2, ISBN 080483265X, page 345:
- The objects floating in the bath and lazing about on the bathroom's floor are all monsters, teratoids dehumanized by the husking of their clothes.
- 2007, Geoffrey Verdegast, Of Staves and Sigmas: Souls of Ergos Book One http://books.google.com/books?id=-JpydMGPjYMC, ISBN 1598582925, page 67:
- He had little time, however, to ponder his lack of reflex, for new incident forced his attention back to the ridge where the four teratoids had first broken from cover.
adjective
- (medicine) monster, Monster-like, exhibiting abnormal development.
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noun
- a tetraploid organism
adjective - (genetics) having four times the haploid numner of chromosomes in a cell nucleus
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noun
- (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
- To save money, they would shop at a store.
- (countable) A bank.
- (countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
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adjective - (genetics) Having three sets of chromosomes
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noun - (biology) the membrane of cells that forms the wall of a blastocyst
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noun
- Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
verb (twin, n, ing)
- (italbrac, transitive, obsolete except Scotland) To separate, divide.
- (italbrac, intransitive, obsolete except Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
- (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
- Placetown in England is twinned with Machinville in France.
- (intransitive) To give birth to twins.
adjective
- Forming a pair of twins.
- the twin boys
- Forming a matched pair.
- twin socks
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