- metadiscoidal
- \\“+\ adjective
Etymology: meta- + discoidalof a placenta : orig. diffuse but becoming discoidal (as in man and some apes)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
metadiscoidal
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Metadiscoidal — Met a*dis*coid al, a. [Meta + discoidal.] (Anat.) Discoidal by derivation; applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
metadiscoidal — meta·discoidal … English syllables
