Definitions for prehension

prehension pre·hen·sion

Spelling: [pri-hen-shuh n]
IPA: /prɪˈhɛn ʃən/

Prehension is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 563 anagrams from letters in prehension (eehinnoprs).

Definitions for prehension

noun

  1. the act of seizing or grasping.
  2. mental apprehension.

Origin of prehension

1525-35; Latin prehēnsiōn- (stem of prehēnsiō) a taking hold, equivalent to prehēns(us) (past participle of prehendere to seize, equivalent to pre- pre- + -hendere to

Examples for prehension

The trophi serve merely for the prehension of prey, and not for mastication.

In such cases an ox will use his tongue more in the prehension of food to make up for the incapacity of the lips.

There is a desire to eat, and frequent attempts to take food are made, but prehension is very difficult.

The mantis reminds one of a small, green monkey, the fore pair of legs being well developed and used in prehension.

The extensions of the body-substance which are put forth by the Rhizopoda at will, and which serve for locomotion and prehension.

It is wonderful, and passing wonder, how teachable and quick of perception and prehension is Nature in the studio of Art.

Both toad and crayfish have organs for the prehension of food, its digestion and its assimilation.

Upon this emancipation followed the liberation of jaws and mouth from their use as organs of prehension.

Having for its function the narrowing of the orifice it surrounds, it acts during suction and in the prehension of food.

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