pedicle

[ ped-i-kuhl ]

noun

, Zoology.

1. a small stalk or stalklike support, as the connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen in certain arachnids.

pedicle

/ ˈpɛdɪkəl /

noun

1. biology any small stalk; pedicel; peduncle

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicle¹

1555–65; < Latin pediculus, diminutive of pēs (stem ped- ) foot. See pedi-, -cle ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicle¹

C17: from Latin pedīculus small foot; see pedicel

Example Sentences

Some time after the pedicle reached its intended destination, he quit medicine, bounced around a series of Buddhist monasteries in India, changed his name to Jivaka and settled down to write his autobiography.

From New York Times

I hope that this operation included a posterior Cranio-Cervical Fusion, usually done with pedicle screws & contoured rods.

From New York Times

The treatment given is to fit a "nose pedicle" – flesh taken off the man's chest, rolled into a tube and sewn on to the face – and to wait to see if it takes.

From The Guardian

They may sink into the pelvis and block the channel of delivery needed by the child at term; they may have their pedicles twisted, and thus become gangrenous and septic.

From Project Gutenberg

V. Tufted Muntjacs, Genus Elaphodus.—Nearly related to the last, but the antlers still smaller, with shorter pedicles and divergent frontal ridges; upper canines of male not everted at the tips.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• trunk
• twig