Definitions for pedicle

pedicle ped·i·cle

Spelling: [ped-i-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈpɛd ɪ kəl/

Pedicle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in pedicle (cdeeilp).

Definitions for pedicle

noun

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

Origin of pedicle

1555-65; Latin pediculus, diminutive of pēs (stem ped-) foot. See pedi-, -cle1

Examples for pedicle

In favourable cases the pedicle is now brought easily into view.

A polyp is either cut off or its pedicle bound with a ligature, and it is allowed to shrivel.

It is impossible to frame absolute rules for ligaturing the pedicle.

The chain is passed round the base or pedicle of the growth, and gradually tightened by a screw till the growth falls off.

The Myrmic have two knobs to the pedicle, by which the abdomen is attached to the thorax; the Poner only one.

Its upper end exhibits a tendency to divide into two processes, corresponding with the pedicle and otic processes of the Amphibia.

The pedicle can then be secured with a series of interlocking ligatures.

Should the pedicle be thicker than the finger, the use of the wire craseur is advisable.

The loop of silk is cut so that two pieces of silk thread lie in the pedicle.

Smooth Anatifa, as seen from the other side, the pedicle dry and contracted.

Word Value for pedicle
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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