pedicled

P3E1D2I1C3L1E1D2

adjective

Having one or more pedicles.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjective
  1. Having one or more pedicles.

    The right PT contained a separate pedicled gyrus in two brains.

    1998 January 9, Patrick J. Gannon et al., “Asymmetry of Chimpanzee Planum Temporale: Humanlike Pattern of Wernicke's Brain Language Area Homolog”, in Science, volume 279, number 5348, →DOI, pages 220–222
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    (3) Other surgical techniques include the sigmoid neovagina, made from a chunk of the large intestine (which supposedly won't shrink, a common complication), and sensate pedicled neoclitoroplasty, in which the glans, with nerves and blood vessels intact, is whittled down and reinstalled at the vaginal opening as a substitute clitoris.

    2000 September 8, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

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APA

pedicled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedicled

MLA

“pedicled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedicled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedicled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedicled.

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