peto

[ pey-toh ]

noun

, plural pe·tos, (especially collectively) pe·to.

1. wahoo ³.

Word History and Origins

Origin of peto¹

First recorded in 1955–60; from Latin American Spanish (Cuba); Spanish: “breastplate,” from Italian petto “breast, breastplate,” from Latin pectus “breast”

Example Sentences

This hypothesis starts with "Peto's paradox," Vollrath told Live Science.

From Scientific American

In the 1970s, an epidemiologist named Richard Peto described a puzzling phenomenon: Large animals, despite having many more cells that could potentially turn into cancerous cells, don't seem to have a higher risk of developing cancer than smaller animals.

From Scientific American

Scientists call it Peto's paradox: cancer is caused by gene mutations that accumulate in cells over time, yet long-lived animals that have lots of cells, such as elephants and whales, hardly ever get it.

From Scientific American

But University of Oxford epidemiologist Richard Peto sees another way.

From Science Magazine

Prof Tunde Peto, clinical lead for the NI Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, said the most common of many complications caused by diabetes was diabetic eye disease.

From BBC