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pectinate
[pek´tĭ-nāt]comb-shaped.
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pec·ti·nate
(pek'ti-nāt),1. Combed; comb-shaped. Synonym(s): pectiniform
2. mycology a particular type of branching hyphae in cultures of dermatophytes.
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pectinate
(pĕk′tə-nāt′) alsopectinated
(-nā′tĭd)adj.
Having projections resembling the teeth of a comb; comblike.
pec′ti·na′tion n.
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pec·ti·nate
(pek'ti-nāt)1. Combed; comb-shaped.
Synonym(s): pectiniform.
Synonym(s): pectiniform.
2. In fungi, used to describe a particular type of branching hyphae in cultures of dermatophytes.
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pectinate
Having teeth like a comb.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
pectinate
(of plant structures) with comblike lobes.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005