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Definition of Involucrum

involucrum
Involucre In"vo*lu`cre (?; 277), n. [L. involucrum a covering, wrapper, fr. involvere to wrap up, envelop: cf. F. involucre. See Involve.] (Bot.) (a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. (b) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. (c) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum.
Involucrum
Involucrum In`vo*lu"crum, n.; pl. L. Involucra, E. Involucrums. [L. See Involucre.] 1. (Bot.) See Involucre. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

Meaning of Involucrum from wikipedia

- An involucrum (plural involucra) is a layer of new bone growth outside existing bone. There are two main contexts: In pyogenic osteomyelitis where it is...
- At the same time as this, new bone is forming (known as involucrum). Openings in this involucrum allow debris and exudates (including pus) to p**** from...
- around the area of necrosis. The resulting new bone is often called an involucrum. On histologic examination, these areas of necrotic bone are the basis...
- thickened auditory bulla, otherwise known as an involucrum. This discovery was significant as the involucrum was a morphology thought previously to be exclusive...
- a relatively thin lateral wall and thickened medial part known as the involucrum. However, in contrast to later cetaceans, the tympanic bone makes contact...
- and moss, of the common carder bee, Bombus pascuorum. The wax canopy or involucrum has been removed to show winged workers and pupae in irregularly placed...
- infection on the first phalanx on the third toe that was afflicted by an involucrum. The infection was long-lived, perhaps up to six months. Allosaurus was...
- The ectotympanics of all cetaceans, including Ambulocetus, possess an involucrum (thickened lump of bone) at the medial lip. Unlike ****cetus, but like...
- (an involucrum). Sequestra may also be revascularized by new blood vessels, cause no symptoms or become chronically infected. Sometimes the involucrum is...
- omnivorous creature shared some traits of modern whales, most notably the involucrum, a bone growth pattern which is the diagnostic characteristic of any cetacean;...