See Also: tapetum(medicine)
Tapetum(health)
tapetum(dictionary)
tapetum alveoli(medicine)
tapetum nigrum(medicine)
tapetum oculi(medicine)

connation (iou) and tapetum (iou)


connation (iou)



connation noun. M19.
[formed as CONNATE: see -ATION.]
Biology. Connate condition (see CONNATE 3).

tapetum (iou)



tapetum noun. E18.
[Late Latin, from Latin tapete carpet.]
Zoology. A reflective layer of the choroid in the eyes of many animals, causing them to shine in the dark. E18.
Botany. A layer of cells forming a nutrient tissue, which surrounds the pollen mother cells in the anthers of flowering plants or the spore mother cells in pteridophytes. L19.