pylangium

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek an entrance + a vessel.

Noun

pylangium (plural pylangia)

1. (anatomy) The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart.

Related terms

• pylangial

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pylangium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)