paraphysis
1Paraphysis — Pa*raph y*sis, n.; pl. {Paraphyses}. [NL., fr. Gr. para beside + ? growth.] (Bot.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants. [1913 Webster] …
2paraphysis — paraphysis. См. стерильная гифа. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
3paraphysis — [pə raf′i sis] n. pl. paraphyses [pə raf′isēz΄] [ModL < Gr, an offshoot, sucker < para (see PARA 1) + physis, a growth < phyein, to grow: see BE] a sterile, threadlike part found with the spore bearing organs of some ferns and mosses …
4paraphysis — paraphysate, adj. /peuh raf euh sis/, n., pl. paraphyses / seez /. Bot., Mycol. one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns. [1855 60; < NL < Gk paráphysis lit., a growing… …
5paraphysis — noun (plural paraphyses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, sucker, offshoot, from paraphyein to produce at the side, from para + phyein to bring forth more at be Date: 1857 one of the slender sterile filaments borne among the sporogenous or… …
6paraphysis — n.; pl. yses [Gr. para, beside; physis, growth] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Coccoidea, the chitinized thickenings, lateral ingrowths, or projections near the base of the pygidium …
7paraphysis — A median organ developing from the roofplate of the diencephalon in certain lower vertebrates. Present in the human embryo and fetus for a short time. SYN: paraphysial body. [G. an offshoot] * * * pa·raph·y·sis pə raf ə səs n …
8paraphysis — n. non reproductive filaments in some plants (Botany) …
9paraphysis — pa·raph·y·sis …
10paraphysis — /pəˈræfəsəs/ (say puh rafuhsuhs) noun (plural paraphyses /pəˈræfəsiz/ (say puh rafuhseez)) one of the sterile, usually filamentous, outgrowths often occurring among the reproductive organs in many cryptogamous plants. {New Latin, from Greek:… …
