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AZYGOS

\e͡ɪzˈɪɡə͡ʊz], \e‍ɪzˈɪɡə‍ʊz], \eɪ_z_ˈɪ_ɡ_əʊ_z]\

Definitions of AZYGOS

2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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(anatomy) occurring singly; not one of a pair; "the azygous muscle of the uvula"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

1. Azygous. 2. An unpaired anatomical structure.

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

Applied to parts that are single.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

An unpaired muscle, artery, vein, process.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Any unpaired part.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Single, not paired; said of structures which are single, not in pairs. See table of muscles, under muscle, and table of arteries, under artery; also table of veins, under vein. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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