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Definition of Rugae
1. ruga [n] - See also: ruga
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rugae
Literary usage of Rugae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1894)
"A Method of Producing rugae and Gum Contours in Dentures. BY EDWARD MOSELY, LDSEng.
IN mechanical dentistry there are two details, viz., waxing up rugae for ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"has clearly demonstrated that by " rugae " are meant the metal "cancelli" or ...
The presbytery at St. Peter's was fenced in with silver " rugae," and the ..."
3. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1852)
"Besides the primary rugae, each fossa is subdivided by smaller rugae from ...
In each of the fossae between the primary rugae, as many as from forty to ..."
4. The Pathology and treatment of leucorrhœa by William Tyler Smith (1855)
"specimens of virgin uteri are sometimes seen in which the cervix presents a
cribriform appearance, instead of the arrangement of transverse rugae, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"[С. Н.] The entrance of the " rugae " was kept by acolytes ... das clearly
demonstrated that by -'rugae" are meant toe ..."
6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"Clypeus somewhat shining, traversed even in the middle by several clean-cut
longitudinal rugae. Head shining, especially on the posterior and ..."
7. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1905)
"Anterior four fifths of head with coarse longitudinal rugae, which on the posterior
fifth pass over into transverse rugae of the same kind, ..."
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