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Protoctista (medicine)


Protoctista


A kingdom of eukaryotes incorporating the algae and the protozoans that comprise the presumed ancestral Stocks of the fungi, plant, and animal kingdoms; they lack the developmental pattern stemming from a blastula, typical of animals, the pattern of embryo development typical of plants, and development from spores as in the fungi. Included in Protoctista are the nucleated algae and seaweeds, the flagellated water molds, slime molds and slime nets, and the protozoa; unicellular, colonial, and multicellular organisms are included, but the complex development of tissues and organs of plants and animals is absent. The term Protoctista replaces the term Protista, which connotes single-celled or acellular organisms, whereas the basal pre-plant (Protophyta) and pre-animal (Protozoa) assemblages incorporated in Protoctista include many multicellular forms, since multicellularity appears to have evolved independently a number of times within these primitive groups.

Origin: G. Protos, the first, + ktizo, to establish


circumcise (iou)



circumcise verb trans. ME.
[Old French circonciser or circoncis- pa. ppl stem of circoncire, from Latin circumcidere (translating Greek peritemnein), formed as CIRCUM- + caedere to cut.]
I.
Cut off the foreskin of (a male), as a religious rite (esp. Jewish or Muslim) or for medical reasons; cut off the clitoris or the labia minora of (a female). ME.
fig. In biblical translations and allusions: purify (the heart etc.). ME.
II.
Cut round, trim. LME-L18.
fig. Cut short, curtail, limit. M16-L17.
circumciser noun M16.