A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
diatropism
diatropism
noun
(biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
(organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective and parental figures.
parethmoid
parethmoid
adj
(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
noun
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
pedatiform
prismatoid
prismatoid
noun
(mathematics) Any polyhedron whose vertices all lie in either of two parallel planes
pteromalid
pteromalid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Pteromalidae of parasitic wasps.
