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Definition of Furcates
1. furcate [v] - See also: furcate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furcates
Literary usage of Furcates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America: With a List of the South by Hermann August Hagen (1862)
"... after it has again branched off, and nerve 7 is sent off to the outer margin
and nerve 9 to the anterior, fig. 24. Nerve 10 also frequently furcates ..."
2. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1873)
"... of Kolenati) furcates near the middle of the wing ; and this furcation is
generally closed by a transverse veinlet placed nearly on a level with that ..."
3. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"... but can scarcely be introduced in sufficient amount to kill the furcates
without injuring the host. Special qualities are necessary for this end : The ..."
4. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"... in front of the helix, and extending from the concha to the groove of the
helix, where it hi furcates. ..."
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