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scalariform

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sca⋅lar⋅i⋅form

  [skuh-lar-uh-fawrm]
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–adjective Biology.
ladderlike.
Origin:
1830–40; < NL scālāriformis. See scalar, -form
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sca·lar·i·form   (skə-lār'ə-fôrm')   
adj.   Biology
Resembling the rungs of a ladder; ladderlike. Used of certain vessels and tissues.

[Latin scālāris, of a ladder; see scalare + -form.]
sca·lar'i·form'ly adv.
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