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Definition: Ependyma |
EpendymaNoun1. Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Ependyma \Ep*en"dy*ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression an upper garment; 'epi` upon garment; in to put on.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A thin membrane that lines the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord. (references) |
Medicine | Neuroglial-like cells lining the cavity of the neural tube of the central nervous system and bounding the cerebrospinal fluid of the canals and the ventricles. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Ependyma |
| English words defined with "ependyma": Endyma, Ependymis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ependyma": Arcuate Nucleus ♦ Midline Thalamic Nuclei ♦ subependymal. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ependyma | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "ependyma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | épendyme. (various references) | ||||
German | Ependym. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ependymaay | ||||
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Words beginning with "ependyma": ependymas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ependyma" (pronounced 'Ep*en"dy*ma'): Aboma, Aceldama, Adenoma, Adipoma, Agama, Amalgama, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Anathema, Angienchyma, Anhima, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, Bothrenchyma, BRAHMA, Brama, Branchiostoma, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Collenchyma, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Diastema, Diatryma, Digamma, Dilemma, Diorama, Diploma, Distoma, Dogma, Drachma, Drama, Ecphonema, Ecthyma. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-m-n-p-y" | |
-2 letters: dampen, demean, yeaned. | |
-3 letters: adeem, admen, amend, edema, emend, emyde, enema, enemy, maned, mayed, meany, menad, named, needy, pandy, paned, payed, payee, yamen. | |
-4 letters: amen, aped, dame, damn, damp, dean, deem, deep, deme, demy, dene, deny, dyne, emyd, eyed, eyen, eyne, made, mane, many, mead, mean, meed, mend, myna, name, nape, neap, need. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-m-n-p-y" | |
+1 letter: ependymas. | |
+4 letters: appendectomy, underpayment. | |
+5 letters: diphenylamine, predominately, underpayments. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 70 65 6E 64 79 6D 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .--. . -. -.. -.--. -- .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110000 01100101 01101110 01100100 01111001 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E p e n d y m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0070 0065 006E 0064 0079 006D 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3982718070917967 |
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