pedicle
/ˈpɛdɪkəl/ · noun
Meaning
- A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
- The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
- Pedicel (any sense)
- Peduncle (any sense)
- Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.
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