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syngnathi (medicine)


syngnathi
<zoology> A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The pipefishes and sea horses are examples. Syng"nathous.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. With + jaw.

Source: Websters Dictionary


unifilar (medicine)


unifilar


Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fibre, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.

<physics> Unifilar magnetometer, an instrument which consists of a magnetic bar suspended at its center of gravity by a long thread, constituting a delicate means for accurately measuring magnetic intensities, also for determining declinations of the magnetic needle.

Origin: Uni- + L. Filum a thread.

Source: Websters Dictionary