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pyriform.
See piriform.

pyriform
pear-shaped.

pyriform apparatus
pair of triangular structures in the eggs of anoplocephalid tapeworms surrounding the oncosphere.
pyriform lobe
a swelling on the ventral surface of the brain, made up of the combined lateral olfactory gyrus and the hippocampal gyrus.


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These millions of pyriform parasites were considered to be sporozoites (13): they measured about 2 [micro]m in length and 1 [micro]m in diameter (Figure, panel A).
Coins, fish bones, and toy parts can become impacted in the palatine tonsils, base of the tongue, pyriform fossa, vallecula, or at the classic points of narrowing in the esophagus.
 
 
 
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