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unicursal (medicine) and Spitzer's theory (medicine)


unicursal (medicine)


unicursal
<geometry> That can be passed over in a single course; said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter <theta/.

As <theta/ varies minus infinity to plus infinity, to each value of <theta/ there corresponds one, and only one, point of the curve, while to each point on the curve there corresponds one, and only one, value of <theta/. Straight lines, conic sections, curves of the third order with a nodal point, curves of the fourth order with three double points, etc, are unicursal.

Origin: Uni- + L. Currere, cursum, to run.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Spitzer's theory (medicine)


Spitzer's theory


An interpretation of the partitioning of the heart of mammalian embryos primarily on the basis of recapitulations of the adult structural pattern of lower forms; most frequently cited in relation to the partitioning of the truncus arteriosus to form ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk, which is achieved by the phylogenetic development of the lungs.