placoid

[plak´oid]

platelike or plaquelike.

placoid

(plăk′oid)

adj.

Platelike.

placoid

Plate-like.

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placoid

denticle

the dermal denticles of cartilaginous fish. Placoids are tooth-like structures of enamel, covered with dentine. Compare COSMOID, GANOID.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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By clinical feature, the greatest number of cases of posterior placoid chorioretinitis occurred in 2013 (4 patients) and 2015 (7 patients) and the least in 2014 (1 patient).

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Jones, "Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy," British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol.

Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy Associated with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor and Hurthle Cell Tumor

Relentless placoid chorioretinitis--a new entity or an unusual variant of serpiginous chorioretinitis?

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Gaidukov, Polymer nanocomposites filled with nanoscale placoid particles of montmorillonite [Doctoral thesis], Riga Technical university, 2008.

Preparation and structural properties of free filmsa from rapeseed oil-based rigid polyurethane-montmorillonite nanocomposites

Paratypes and other material examined: 6 paratypes and 7 eggs, same data as holotype (accession numbers 9340, 9343, 9346, 9349); 2 additional eggs, 109 additional specimens, same collection data as holotype; 1 paratype and 1 egg, same collection data as holotype, deposited in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (accession numbers 9347, 9348); 1 cluster of three connected eggs found; 1 embryonated egg found with buccal apparatus and placoids.

The tardigrada of Southern Africa, with the description of minibiotus harrylewisi, a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

The use of Floy anchor tags was inappropriate because dogfish placoid scales wore through the plastic.

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Topbas, "Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis after an intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection," Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, vol.

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Figure abbreviations: ac--acrotergite; as--antecostal suture (ridge); br--transverse row of placoid sensilla on epipharynx; c--claw; cs--campaniform sensillum; dst--distal epipharyengal sensilla; dmr--dorsomesal row of setae on lacinia; er--epipharyngeal rods; f--femur; gl--galea; l--lacinia; lp--labial palp(i); mp--mesal pair of labro--epipharyngeal setae; msr--mesal row of setae on lacinia; mxp--maxillary palp(i); p2--2nd pair of labro-epipharyngeal setae; pr--pretarsus; pls--placoid sensilla; prst--prostheca; s--sensorium (accessory sensory papillae); sbp--subproximal epipharyngeal sensilla; st--stipes; t--tibia; tr--trochanter.

A detailed updated description of the morphology of the larva of Reesa vespulae (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae: Megatomini)

These changes in thickness and circulation are therefore called an "inflammatory" pattern in the choroid [19, 20] and also seen in chorioretinal diseases with yet unidentified pathogenesis, such as acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy or unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy [21,22].

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Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis in late latent syphilis.

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