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Podostomata (medicine) and saber-sheath trachea (medicine)


Podostomata (medicine)


podostomata
<zoology> An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Poys, podos, foot +, mouth.

Source: Websters Dictionary


saber-sheath trachea (medicine)


saber-sheath trachea


A type of tracheal collapse seen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in which there is an increase in the outer posterior tracheal dimension with side-to-side narrowing involving the lower 2/3 of the trachea.