See Also: primitive knot(medicine)
primitive gut(medicine)
primitive(dictionary)
Primitive(health)
Primitive(medicine)
primitive pit(medicine)
knot(encyclopedia)
knot(2)(dictionary)
knot(dictionary)
net knot(medicine)

prepose (iou) and primitive knot (medicine)


prepose (iou)



prepose verb trans. L15.
[French preposer, after Latin praeponere put before. Cf. PRAEPOSITUS.]
Place in authority. L15-M17.
Propose, purpose, intend. E16-M17.
Now chiefly Linguistics. Place in front; preface, prefix. M16.

primitive knot (medicine)


primitive knot -->
primitive node


A local thickening of the blastoderm at the cephalic end of the primitive streak of the embryo.

Synonym: Hensen's knot, Hensen's node, Hubrecht's protochordal knot, primitive knot, protochordal knot.