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tylosis

[ tahy-loh-sis ]

noun

Botany.
plural tyloses
  1. a bubblelike formation in the cavity of tracheids or vessels in the wood of trees, consisting of protoplasm intruded from adjacent parenchyma cells.


tylosis

/ ³Ù²¹ÉªËˆ±ôəʊ²õɪ²õ /

noun

  1. botany a bladder-like outgrowth from certain cells in woody tissue that extends into and blocks adjacent conducting xylem cells
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tylosis1

1875–80; < Greek ³Ùý±ôŲõ¾±²õ act of making callous, equivalent to ³Ù²â±ôÅ-, variant stem of ³Ù²â±ô´Çû²Ô to make callous, hard, derivative of ³Ùý±ô´Ç²õ callus, lump, knob + -sis -sis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tylosis1

C19: from Greek ³Ù³Ü±ôŲõ¾±²õ, from tulos knob or ³Ù³Ü±ôŧ callus + -osis
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Crocker had an instance of this nature in a man with tylosis palmae, in which the skin was cast off every autumn, but the process lasted two months.

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