Meanings
adjectivehemipenectomized (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyOf a reptile, having undergone hemipenectomy.
Hemipenectomy also had an interesting effect upon the male. Although the hemipenectomized males courted normally, they copulated significantly longer, often failed to maintain cloacal contact throughout mating despite their proper orientation, and never initiated separation from the female.
1978, Neil Greenberg, Paul D. MacLean, editors, Behavior and Neurology of Lizards: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute of Mental Health, page 167
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