postcornua
plural of postcornu

postentocristid
A posterior entocristid.

postentocristids
plural of postentocristid

posteroflexid
A flexid between the posterolophid and the metaconid.

posteroflexids
plural of posteroflexid

postfossette
A fossette anterior to a metaloph, especially in the teeth of a horse

postfossettes
plural of postfossette

posthypocristid
The dental feature behind a hypocristid

posthypocristids
plural of posthypocristid

posthypophyses
plural of posthypophysis

posthypophysis
The posterior lobe of the pituitary body

postinfraorbital
A group of dermal bones located posterior to the orbit (in some vertebrates)

postinfraorbitals
plural of postinfraorbital

postmedia
A postmedian vein.

postnota
plural of postnotum

postnotum
The sclerite, posterior to a notum, that bears the phragma

postoblongata
The posterior part of the medulla oblongata.

postpubis
The posterior part of the pubis

postscapula
The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.

postsubiculum
The dorsal part of the presubiculum.

postsynapse
The cell to which a synapse sends a signal

postsynapses
plural of postsynapse

postzygaphophysis
Misspelling of postzygapophysis.

postzygapophyses
plural of postzygapophysis

postzygapophysis
A posterior zygapophysis.

postzygopophysis
Misspelling of postzygapophysis.

pounder
A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.

pounders
plural of pounder

practopoiesis
The theory concerning the hierarchic structure of mind and how it relates to processes in the brain

praecava
The superior vena cava.

praecordia
Synonym of precordium.

praecordium
Obsolete form of precordium.

praecornu
The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

praecornua
plural of praecornu

praecuneus
Alternative form of precuneus.

praemaxilla
Alternative form of premaxilla.

praemaxillae
plural of praemaxilla

praeopercula
plural of praeoperculum

praeoperculum
Alternative form of preoperculum.

praepubes
plural of praepubis

praepubis
Alternative form of prepubis.

praepuce
Alternative form of prepuce.

praepuces
plural of praepuce

praesterna
plural of praesternum

praesternum
Archaic form of presternum.

praezygapophyses
plural of praezygapophysis

praezygapophysis
Alternative form of prezygapophysis.

preadipocyte
An undifferentiated fibroblast that can be stimulated to form an adipocyte

preadipocytes
plural of preadipocyte

preatrium
The region in front of the atrium (in gastropods)

preaxostylid
Any excavate of the former class Preaxostyla (now Anaeromonadea)

preaxostylids
plural of preaxostylid

precell
A hypothetical ancestral entity percursing complete cells.

precells
plural of precell

prechondroblast
A cell that develops into a chondroblast

prechondroblasts
plural of prechondroblast

precingula
plural of precingulum

precingulum
A small ridge that leads to a cingulum on a tooth.

precordia
plural of precordium

precordium
The region of the body over the heart and thorax.

precornu
Alternative form of praecornu.

precornua
plural of precornu

precoxa
A limb segment, proximal to a coxa, in some crustaceans

precoxae
plural of precoxa

precristid
A cristid located on the anterior surface of a tooth.

precunei
plural of precuneus

precuneus
A division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum.

predentaries
plural of predentary

predentary
An extension to the dentary in the jawbone of some dinosaurs

predentistry
An undergraduate academic program in dentistry.

predipocyte
Misspelling of preadipocyte.

preeclampsia
A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.

preeclampsias
plural of preeclampsia

preentocristid
An anterior entocristid.

preexcitation
early excitation; applied to a condition where the ventricles of the heart become depolarized too early, which leads to their partial premature contraction

prefollicle
A prefollicular cell

prefollicles
plural of prefollicle

pregranulosa
A capsule of cells that surrounds the primordial ova in the embryonic ovary

prehydrolysate
The product of a prehydrolysis

prehydrolysates
plural of prehydrolysate

prehypocristid
A dental feature anterior to a hypocristid

prehypocristids
plural of prehypocristid

prejac
Pre-ejaculate.
A premature ejaculator.

prekallikrein
A serine protease that complexes with high-molecular-weight kininogen; the precursor of plasma kallikrein.

prekallikreins
plural of prekallikrein

prelocalization
The original localization of structures in an unsegmented embryo that become specific organs in the adult

prelocalizations
plural of prelocalization

premax
Clipping of premaxilla.

premaxilla
Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw

premaxillae
plural of premaxilla

premaxillas
plural of premaxilla

premedia
A premedian vein.

premeiosis
Synonym of mitotis.

premelanosome
A non-pigmented vesicle, in a melanocyte, that develops into a melanosome

premelanosomes
plural of premelanosome

premonocyte
Synonym of promonocyte.

premonocytes
plural of premonocyte

premotoneuron
A structure that develops into a motor neuron

premotoneurons
plural of premotoneuron

preneoplasm
tissue that develops into a neoplasm

preneoplasms
plural of preneoplasm

prenylquinone
Any prenyl derivative of benzoquinone, some of which have a role in thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts

prenylquinones
plural of prenylquinone

preoblongata
The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.

preopercle
The preoperculum.

preopercles
plural of preopercle

preopercula
plural of preoperculum

preopercule
Alternative form of preopercle.

preopercules
plural of preopercule

preoperculum
The anterior opercular bone in fishes.

preoperculums
plural of preoperculum

preosteoblast
A mesenchymal cell that differentiates to form an osteoblast

preosteoblasts
plural of preosteoblast

preosteoclast
A type of cell that develops into an osteoclast

preosteoclasts
plural of preosteoclast

preosteocyte
A cell, derived from an osteoblast, that develops into an osteocyte

preosteocytes
plural of preosteocyte

preplasmablast
A cell that will differentiate into a plasma cell

preplasmablasts
plural of preplasmablast

preplate
The structure, located near the pia, that develops into the cortical plate

preplatelet
A discoid cell that is a precursor of a platelet

preplatelets
plural of preplatelet

preplates
plural of preplate

prepubes
plural of prepubis

prepubis
A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.

prepuce
The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.
The clitoral hood.

prepuces
plural of prepuce

preputia
plural of preputium

preputium
Synonym of prepuce.

prescapula
The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.

prestant
An organ stop.

presterna
plural of presternum

presternite
Synonym of presternum.

presternites
plural of presternite

presternum
The anterior or upper part of the sternum; the manubrium.

presubicula
plural of presubiculum

presubiculum
A rostral part of the parahippocampal gyrus of the guenon.

presynapse
A presynaptic neuron

presynapses
plural of presynapse

pretelson
The tergite just in front of the telson

pretelsons
plural of pretelson

pretergite
The anterior of a tergite

pretergites
plural of pretergite

prevacuole
An endosome that develops into a vacuole

prevacuoles
plural of prevacuole

prevertebra
Any of the structures that develop into the vertebrae

prevertebrae
plural of prevertebra

previtellogenesis
The processes leading to vitellogenesis

prevomer
A bone from non-mammalian vertebrates forming the anterior roof of the palate.

prevomers
plural of prevomer

prezygapophyses
plural of prezygapophysis