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PENNIFORM

\pˈɛnɪfˌɔːm], \pˈɛnɪfˌɔːm], \p_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_f_ˌɔː_m]\

Definitions of PENNIFORM

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Shaped like a feather, pennate.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

In the form of a feather.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Shaped like a quill or feather; in anat., applied to muscles of which the fibres pass out on each side from a central tendon.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

An epithet for muscles whose fleshy fibres are inserted at the side of a middle tendon, like the feathers of a pen on their common stalk.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Shaped like a feather.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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