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Meaning of "prepollex" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PREPOLLEX

prepollex  [priːˈpɒlɛks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREPOLLEX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prepollex is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PREPOLLEX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prepollex in the English dictionary

The definition of prepollex in the dictionary is an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of the forelimb.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREPOLLEX


Cineplex
ˈsɪnɪˌplɛks
circumflex
ˈsɜːkəmˌflɛks
complex
ˈkɒmplɛks
duplex
ˈdjuːplɛks
flex
flɛks
fourplex
ˈfɔːplɛks
ilex
ˈaɪlɛks
lex
lɛks
megaplex
ˈmɛɡəˌplɛks
multiplex
ˈmʌltɪˌplɛks
perplex
pəˈplɛks
pollex
ˈpɒlɛks
reflex
ˈriːflɛks
retroflex
ˈrɛtrəʊˌflɛks
silex
ˈsaɪlɛks
simplex
ˈsɪmplɛks
suplex
ˈsuːplɛks
telex
ˈtɛlɛks
triplex
ˈtrɪplɛks
ulex
ˈjuːlɛks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREPOLLEX

prepollence
prepollency
prepollent
preponderance
preponderancy
preponderant
preponderantly
preponderate
preponderately
preponderating
preponderation
prepone
preportion
prepose
preposition
prepositional
prepositional phrase
prepositionally
prepositive
prepositively

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREPOLLEX

apartment complex
B complex
Babinski reflex
cinema complex
funplex
Golgi complex
googolplex
herpes simplex
immune complex
leisure complex
major histocompatibility complex
metroplex
military-industrial complex
Oedipus complex
plex
shopping complex
superiority complex
time-division multiplex
twin-lens reflex
vitamin B complex

Synonyms and antonyms of prepollex in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prepollex» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREPOLLEX

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The translations of prepollex from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prepollex» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

prepollex
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prepollex
570 millions of speakers

English

prepollex
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prepollex
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قادمة الإبهام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

prepollex
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prepollex
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prepollex
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prepollex
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prepollex
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prepollex
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prepollex
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prepollex
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prepollex
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prepollex
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prepollex
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रोजेव्हलक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prepollex
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prepollex
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prepollex
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

prepollex
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prepollex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prepollex
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prepollex
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prepollex
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prepollex
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prepollex

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPOLLEX»

The term «prepollex» is normally little used and occupies the 144.359 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPOLLEX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prepollex

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREPOLLEX»

Discover the use of prepollex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prepollex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna ...
7.70a); prepollex protuberant in both sexes, with a terminal spine in some males 9 8b. No arm or leg fringes, prepollex protuberant or not 10 9a. Web of hand extending to disk on at least one digit; dorsum tubercular; prepollex with a terminal ...
Jay M. Savage, 2002
2
Biology of Amphibians
If present, these excrescences always are on the median surface of the prepollex. Figure 3-7. Tusks and spines of male frogs. A. Enlarged mandibular odontoids of Adelotus brevis. B. Labial spines of Leptobrachium (Vibrissaphora) boringii ...
William E. Duellman, 1994
3
The Dissection of Vertebrates: A Laboratory Manual
A small prepollex extends medially from the carpals and may represent a reduced metacarpal. In the pelvic girdle, the pelvis is formed on each side by the ilium, ischium, and pubis (Figures 6.1 and 6.4). The slender ilium is an elongated,  ...
Gerardo De Iuliis, Gerald DeIuliis, Dino Pulera, 2006
4
Cunningham's textbook of anatomy
The frequent occurrence of an increase in the number of digits seems to indicate that phylogenetically the number of digits wasgreater than at present, and included a prepollex or prehallux, and a digitus post- minimus. The correspondence of ...
Daniel John Cunningham, 1818
5
Phylogenetic relationships, higher classification, and ...
Fusion of preaxial centrale and distal carpal I (Ford, #111; Tyson, # 22). Two small carpals are found at the base of the metacarpal I: prepollex carpale (Ford, 1990) medially, and carpal I laterally. They articulate with the larger preaxial centrale ...
Sheng-Hai Wu, 1994
6
Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and ...
6) — i.e., a prepollex and five fingers. Additional elements distal to the radius and to the ulna (and prepollex and postminimus, respectively) are known, and apparently, the prepollex is fully developed in Tulerpeton. The hind limb of Tulerpeton ...
Hans-Peter Schultze, Linda Trueb, 1991
7
Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology
The prepollex (Fig. 3.7A,B,E) is a single segment (in all specimens) that articulates only with metacarpal I. It is claw or hook-shaped, with the concave surface of the hook oriented craniomedially. Its articulation is a large rugose, convex boss on ...
Hideki Endo, Roland Frey, 2009
8
Comparative Anatomy and Phylogeny of Primate Muscles and ...
the abductor pollicis brevis runs from the carpal region, flexor retinaculum and surrounding ligaments, and also from the 'prepollex' in H. agilis, to the proximal phalanx and sesamoid bone of the thumb, and also to the metacarpal Iin H. agilis  ...
Rui Diogo, Bernard A. Wood, 2012
9
Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of ...
Notes: Hepburn (1892) stated that in the Hylobates sp. specimen dissected by him the abductor pollicis brevis runs from the flexor retinaculum, scaphoid and the sesamoid bone ('prepollex') to the radial side of the base of the proximal phalanx ...
Rui Diogo, Josep M. Potau, Juan F. Pastor, 2012
10
Acta Zoologica COTF BIO
AN EMBRYOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MAMMALIAN CARPUS portion. In this tip there develop proximally the radiale and apically the cartilage y and the prepollex. The first blastematic tip of the radius to appear thus contains the radiale ...
‎1951

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREPOLLEX»

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Everybody loves glassfrogs
Some glassfrogs have the additional structure present in various anuran hands known as the prepollex, sometimes called the pseudothumb. «Scientific American, Feb 13»

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