pedicle

(Anglès)

  1. A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
  2. The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
  3. A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
  4. pedicel (any sense)
  5. peduncle (any sense)
  6. Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.
  7. A fetter for the foot.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈpɛdɪkəl/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From Latin pedīculus (“little foot”), diminutive of pēs.

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