See Also: cartilago triticea(medicine)
cartilago(medicine)
cartilago vomeronasalis(medicine)
cartilago epiphysialis(medicine)
cartilago epiglottica(medicine)
cartilago cuneiformis(medicine)
cartilago costalis(medicine)
cartilago corniculata(medicine)
cartilago auriculae(medicine)
cartilago arytenoidea(medicine)

prokaryotic (iou) and cartilago triticea (medicine)


prokaryotic (iou)



prokaryotic adjective. Also procaryotic. M20.
[from PRO-2 + Greek karuon nut, kernel + -otes -OT2: see -IC.]
Biology. (Of a cell) having no nuclear membrane; (of an organism) composed of such a cell, belonging to the group which comprises bacteria and blue-green algae; of or pertaining to a prokaryotic cell or organism. Opp. EUKARYOTIC.
pro'karyote noun a prokaryotic organism (opp. EUKARYOTE) M20.

cartilago triticea (medicine)


cartilago triticea -->
triticeal cartilage


A rounded nodule of cartilage, the size of a grain of wheat, occasionally present in the posterior margin of the lateral thyrohyroid ligament.

Synonym: cartilago triticea, corpus triticeum, triticeum.