pedicle noun. ['pɛdɪk(ǝ)l] E17.
[Latin pediculus dim. of ped-, pes foot: see -CLE.]
1. Botany. Formerly, the petiole of a leaf; the pedicel of a flower or fruit. Later, a minute stalklike support, as of a seed, gland, etc. Now rare. E17.

2. A stalk by which a tumour is attached to the body; Surgery a narrow strip of skin and subcutaneous tissue attaching a piece of tissue used for grafting to its original site. M18.
b. Anatomy. Either of the two narrow thickened parts of a vertebra connecting the centrum with the lamina, and forming part of the neural arch. M19.

3. Zoology. = PEDICEL 2. E19.

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