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Definition of Epithema
1. n. A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
Definition of Epithema
1. Noun. (zoology) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epithema
1. epithem [n EPITHEMATA] - See also: epithem
Medical Definition of Epithema
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epithema
Literary usage of Epithema
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"As regards the characteristics of the group of epithema, in many cases it scarcely
deserves a special name, as it is nothing hut a small-celled parenchyma, ..."
2. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... to H. Schmidt the uniseriate bracket-hairs already referred to above, in which
the terminal cell is bent in the form of a hook, are found in epithema ..."
3. A Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia: Being a Treatise on Pharmacology in by Samuel Frederick Gray (1821)
"Saturni, tinct. opii ana 31]: for painful and irritable ulcers. 2. Cremor.
lactis 3J» extr. Saturni 3J: for erysipelatous inflammations. epithema ..."
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