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otic(anatomy) Of, relating/pertaining to, or located near the ear.
epibranchialnoun(zoology, fish anatomy) An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
floorplatenounA horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in platform framing (wooden building framing). Also called bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate or (lower) wall plate.
plasmnounA membrane or cell layer, especially one in an embryo that later develops into a structure; the constituent cells of such a layer.
pseudoplacentanounA membranous organ, in some insects, that functions as a placenta
placulanounA little plate or plaque.
placentarynoun(botany) The projecting line or ridge formed by the union of several placentas.
planulanoun(zoology) The larva of a hydrozoan, which is free-swimming and covered in cilia.
exotheliumnoun(anatomy) A layer of flattened epithelial cells around an organ.
placentanoun(anatomy) An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
plastrumnounAlternative form of plastron. [(zoology) The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace.]
endoplastulenoun(biology, archaic) A nucleolus.
epiblastnoun(biology, embryology) The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm.
trophoblastnoun(cytology) The membrane of cells that forms the wall of a blastocyst during early pregnancy, providing nutrients to the embryo and later developing into part of the placenta.
plathelminthnoun(uncommon) Alternative form of platyhelminth. [Any flatworm of the phylum Platyhelminthes.]
platycoelynounThe condition of being platycoelous
anlagenoun(biology) A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops.
plakeanounA curved plate of cells formed during the development of chlorophytes of the family Volvocaceae
cladodenoun(botany) A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.
pharyngulanoun(biology) The phylotypic stage of embryonic development of vertebrate animals, following the blastula, gastrula, and neurula.

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