azygous

[ az-uh-guhs, ey-zahy- ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. not being one of a pair; single.

azygous

/ ˈæzɪɡəs /

adjective

1. biology developing or occurring singly

Word History and Origins

Origin of azygous¹

1640–50; < Greek ázygos, equivalent to a- a- ⁶ + zygós, derivative of zygón yoke ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of azygous¹

C17: via New Latin from Greek azugos, from a- ¹+ zugon yoke

Example Sentences

Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula.

From Project Gutenberg

But he was stunned to find narrowings, right where Dr. Zamboni’s theory predicted: in the jugular vein in the neck, and the azygous, a vein in the right side of the chest.

From New York Times

On March 24, as Ms. Raval lay on a padded table in a treatment room, Dr. Simon passed balloons to the pinched spots in her right jugular and azygous, and dilated them.

From New York Times

Comparative Anatomy.—A complete diaphragm, separating the thoracic from the abdominal parts of the coelom, is characteristic of the Mammalia; it usually has the human structure and relations except that below the Anthropoids it is separated from the pericardium by the azygous lobe of the lung.

From Project Gutenberg

The last joint in the abdomen of Crustacea; variously regarded as a segment without appendages, or as an azygous appendage.

From Project Gutenberg