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adjectivegaleal (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to a galea.
Setae on the apex of the galea are in four well-separated rows. In addition, the galeal setae are modified to subspatulate or platelike structures.
1984, Quentin Wheeler, Meredith Blackwell, editors, Fungus-Insect Relationships: Perspectives in Ecology and Evolution - not comparableanatomyRelating to the galea aponeurosis.
Resection of the frontalis muscle can result in a contour defect and should be avoided when harvesting a galeal flap.
1999, Robert F Keating, An Atlas of Orbitocranial Surgery, page 40
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