pedicle
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- noun
- /ˈpɛdɪkəl/
- Specialized
:
pedículo
- Vascularity of the W flap is increased by maintaining a subcutaneous pedicle in the floor of the conchal bowl.
- vascular pedicle
- pedicle flap
- pedicle artery
Examples
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What your hand feels is the centrum, or body, of each vertebra; the pedicles and laminae reach inward toward the vital organs.
Fiction book (1999) -
The 3D framework is introduced into the subcutaneous pocket around the subcutaneous pedicle.
Academic text (2014) -
A second procedure is required to detach the pedicle.
Academic text (2006) -
There was no patient with destruction of the pedicles.
Academic text (2007) -
Dissection through the muscle results in longer pedicles.
Academic text (2005) -
In addition, the flap is a hardy one, owing to its well-vascularized pedicle.
Academic text (2006) -
An obvious vascular pedicle remained, and this was clamped, divided, and oversewn.
Academic text (2007) -
In these cases, the pedicle reverse radial forearm flap is a reasonable option.
Academic text (2010) -
Most of the vertebrae are composed of a vertebral body, two pedicles, two laminae, two transverse processes, and one spinous process (Figure 2).
Academic text (2005) -
In a surgical procedure, the surgeon carefully identified the pedicle to ensure a successful graft.
Synonyms
A thin stalk of tissue that attaches a small growth or animal to a larger body
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
pedicle = ped + icle
The formation involves a Latin combining form plus a diminutive suffix that are not apparent to average learners, so the anatomical sense is not transparently derivable from familiar English morphemes.
Etymology
Pedicle comes from the Latin word pediculus, which means 'little foot', from the root ped- meaning 'foot'. A helpful image is a little foot or stem that joins one part to another, so in medicine a pedicle is the small stalk that connects tissues or parts of the body.