SCAPHA
\skˈafə], \skˈafə], \s_k_ˈa_f_ə]\
Sort: Oldest first
By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By J.H. Kenneth
By Thomas Davidson
-
The excavation or cavity of the external ear, between the helix and anthelix. The meatus auditorius externus. The rima vulvae. Also the name of a bandage for the head, mentioned by Galen, and called, likewise, Tholits Diocle'us.
By Robley Dunglison
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).