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Compartment (medicine) and ballonet (iou)


Compartment (medicine)


compartment
<biology> In the insect wing, for example: there are two compartments, anterior and posterior, each containing several clones, but clones do not cross the boundary.

It seems from studies with homoeotic mutants that cells in different compartments are expressing different sets of genes. The evidence for such developmental compartments in vertebrates is sparse at present.


ballonet (iou)



ballonet noun. Also ballonnet. E20.
[French ballonnet dim. of ballon BALLOON noun: see -ET1.]
A compartment in a balloon or airship into which air or another gas can be forced in order to maintain the craft's shape as buoyant gas is released.