Notochord

Notochord
Notochord No"to*chord, n. [Gr. nw^ton the back + E. chord.] (Anat.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebr[ae] and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the {chorda dorsalis}. See Illust. of {Ectoderm}. [1913 Webster]

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  • notochord — (n.) 1848, coined in English by English anatomist Sir Richard Owen (1804 1892) from CHORD (Cf. chord) + comb. form of Gk. noton back, from PIE *not buttock, back (Cf. L. natis buttock, sopurce of It., Sp. nalga, O.Fr. nache buttock, butt ) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • notochord — notochordal, adj. /noh teuh kawrd /, n. Embryol. a rodlike cord of cells that forms the chief axial supporting structure of the body of the lower chordates, as amphioxus and the cyclostomes, and of the embryos of the vertebrates. [1840 50; NOTO + …   Universalium

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  • notochord — noun Etymology: Greek nōton, nōtos back + Latin chorda cord more at cord Date: 1848 a longitudinal flexible rod of cells that in the lowest chordates (as a lancelet or a lamprey) and in the embryos of the higher vertebrates forms the supporting… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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