scutiform


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scutiform

 [sku´tĭ-form]
shaped like a shield.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

scu·ti·form

(skū'ti-fōrm),
Shield-shaped.
Synonym(s): scutate
[L. scutum, shield, + forma, form]
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scu·ti·form

(skyū'ti-fōrm)
Shield-shaped.
[L. scutum, shield, + forma, form]
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