Accessory bud
accessory bud
accessory bud
(āk-sěs’ə-rē)
See under bud.
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- Accessory cell
Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response. Also called subsidiary cell. Botany. a plant epidermal cell associated with guard cells and different morphologically from other epidermal cells. accessory cell See subsidiary cell.
- Accessory cephalic vein
accessory cephalic vein accessory cephalic vein n. A variable vein that passes along the radial border of the forearm to join the cephalic vein near the elbow.
- Accessory chromosome
. Historical Examples In these latter stages the nucleolus has entirely faded out and nothing suggesting an accessory chromosome is present. Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2) Nettie Maria Stevens Thionin was found to be a very useful stain for distinguishing between the accessory chromosome and an ordinary nucleolus. Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 […]
- Accessory fruit
a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue. noun another name for pseudocarp accessory fruit A fruit, such as the pear or strawberry, that develops from a ripened ovary or ovaries but also has tissue derived from part of […]
- Accessory gland
accessory gland accessory gland n. A small mass of glandular tissue detached from, but lying near, another gland of similar structure. Historical Examples The accessory gland in the male (fig. 43, ag) is probably a modification of one of these organs. The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 Francis Maitland Balfour