TYLOSIS

Noun

tylosis (plural tyloses)

a thickening of the skin, especially of the eyelids

a balloonlike growth in a plant cavity; a tylose

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Ty*lo"sis, n.; pl. Tyloses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells. Goodale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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