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Umbos (gcide) | Umbo \Um"bo\, n.; pl. L. Umbones, E. Umbos. [L.]
1. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually
projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
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2. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding
depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo
in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the
tympanic membrane of the ear.
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3. (Zool.) One of the lateral prominences just above the
hinge of a bivalve shell.
[1913 Webster] Umbonate |
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lumbosacral (encz) | lumbosacral, adj: |
lumbosacral plexus (encz) | lumbosacral plexus, n: |
Lumbosacral (gcide) | Lumbosacral \Lum`bo*sa"cral\, n. [L. lumbus loin + E. sacral.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral
nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over
the sacrum.
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lumbosacral (wn) | lumbosacral
adj 1: of or relating to or near the small of the back and the
back part of the pelvis between the hips |
lumbosacral plexus (wn) | lumbosacral plexus
n 1: a nerve plexus formed by the ventral divisions of the
coccygeal and sacral and lumbar nerves; supplies the lower
limbs and perineum and coccygeal area |
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