Difference between lobe and pinnatifid
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noun
- (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
- a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure
- (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided
- the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern
Examples
Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish.
(Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.")
In the toad and in the dog, adrenalectomy diminishes but does not suppress the diabetogenic effect of the anterior lobe extract, which can be obtained in adrenalectomized dogs, in which the pancreas has been surgically reduced, and which are kept alive by treatment with desoxycorticosterone and salt or even with sodium chloride alone.
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adjective
- (of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets
Examples
Pinnæ lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid, the lower most often turned inward.
Pinnæ lanceolate, pinnatifid, the lowest pairs gradually shorter and deflexed.
Pinnæ lanceolate, pinnatifid, the lowest pairs gradually shorter and deflexed.
