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pe⋅dun⋅cle

  [pi-duhng-kuhl, pee-duhng-]
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–noun
1. Botany.
a. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower.
b. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
2. Zoology. a stalk or stem; a stalklike part or structure.
3. Anatomy.
a. a stalklike structure composed of white matter, connecting various regions of the brain.
b. an attachment process, as in the brachiopods.
Origin:
1745–55; < NL pedunculus, equiv. to L ped-, s. of pēs foot + -unculus dim. suffix, orig. of n-stems; cf. carbuncle, homunculus

Related forms:
pe⋅dun⋅cled, pe⋅dun⋅cu⋅lar  [pi-duhng-kyuh-ler] , adjective
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pe·dun·cle   (pĭ-dŭng'kəl, pē'dŭng'kəl)   
n.  

  1. Botany The stalk of an inflorescence or a stalk bearing a solitary flower in a one-flowered inflorescence.

  2. Zoology A stalklike structure in invertebrate animals, usually serving as an attachment for a larger part or structure.

  3. Anatomy A stalklike bundle of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain.

  4. Medicine The stalklike base to which a polyp or tumor is attached.


[New Latin pedunculus, diminutive of Latin pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
pe·dun'cu·lar (pĭ-dŭng'kyə-lər) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pe·dun·cle
Pronunciation: 'pE-"d&[ng]-k&l, pi-'
Function: noun
1 : a band of white matter joining different partsof the brain —see CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE, CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE
2 : a narrow stalk by which a tumor or polyp is attached —pe·dun·cu·lar /pi-'d&[ng]-ky&-l&r/ adjective
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peduncle pe·dun·cle (pĭ-dŭng'kəl, pē'dŭng'kəl)
n.

  1. See pedicle.

  2. See pedunculus.

pe·dun'cu·lar (pĭ-dŭng'kyə-lər) adj.

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peduncle   (pĭ-dŭng'kəl, pē'dŭng'kəl)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The stalk that attaches a single flower, flower cluster, or fruit to the stem. See more at flower.

  2. A stalk supporting an animal organ, such as the eyestalk of a lobster.

  3. A slender stalk by which the base of a nonsessile tumor is attached to normal tissue.

  4. Any of several stalklike connecting structures in the brain, composed either of white matter or of white and gray matter.


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