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rectus (medicine)


rectus


Origin: NL, fr. L. Regere to keep straight.

<anatomy> A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.

Source: Websters Dictionary


pleio- (iou)



pleio- combining form.
[Greek, combining form of pleion, -ion more, compar. of polus much (see POLY-): see -O-. See also PLEO-, PLIO-.]
Having more than a certain or the usual number.
pleiochasium Botany a cyme in which the branching is continued by more than two branches of the same order L19.
pleio'mazia noun (Anatomy) pleomastia M19.
plei'omerous adjective (Botany) (of a floral whorl) having more than the normal number of parts L19.
plei'omery noun (Botany) pleiomerous condition L19.
pleio'phyllous adjective (Botany) exhibiting an abnormal increase in the number of leaves at a given point or of leaflets in a compound leaf M19.
pleiophylly noun (Botany) pleiophyllous condition M19.
pleiotaxy noun (Botany) an abnormal increase in the number of whorls in a perianth M19.