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vortex
[vor´teks] (L.)a whorled or spiral arrangement or pattern, as of muscle fibers, or of the ridges or hairs of the skin.
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ver·ti·cil
(ver'ti-sil),A collection of similar parts radiating from a common axis.
[L. verticillus, the whirl of a spindle, dim. of vertex, a whirl]
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ver·ti·cil
(vĕr'ti-sil)[L. verticillus, the whirl of a spindle, dim. of vertex, a whirl]
vor·tex len·tis
(vōr'teks len'tis)One of the stellar figures on the surface of the lens of the eye.
Synonym(s): vortex (3) .
Synonym(s): vortex (3) .
whorl
(wŏrl)1. A turn of the spiral cochlea of the ear.
2. Synonym(s): vortex of heart.
3. A turn of a concha nasalis.
4. Synonym(s): verticil.
5. An area of hair growing in a radial manner suggesting whirling or twisting.
Synonym(s): vortex (2) .
Synonym(s): vortex (2) .
6. One of the distinguishing patterns in the Galton system of classification of fingerprints.
See also: hair whorls
See also: hair whorls
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