Apposition is a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side so one element identifies the other in a...
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Eye (redirect from Apposition eye)
than 1°. Also, superposition eyes can achieve greater sensitivity than apposition eyes, so are better suited to dark-dwelling creatures. Eyes also fall...
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construction in which two nouns are juxtaposed Thumb apposition Apposition eyes Bone apposition in fractures Apposition in embryo implantation This disambiguation...
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Compound eye (section Apposition eyes)
classified as either apposition eyes, which form multiple inverted images, or superposition eyes, which form a single erect image. Apposition eyes can be divided...
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Implantation (embryology) (section Apposition)
variable. These three stages of apposition, attachment, and invasion are also alternatively termed contact (apposition), adhesion (attachment), and penetration...
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Thumb (redirect from Thumb apposition)
refer to other approximations between the thumb and other fingers as apposition. To anatomists, this makes sense as two intrinsic hand muscles are named...
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Bone fracture (redirect from Bone apposition)
A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, Fx, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in...
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lion, which is Panthera leo. Grammatically the noun is said to be in apposition to the genus name and the two nouns do not have to agree in gender; in...
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tip of their thumb. Kapandji A (1986). "Clinical test of apposition and counter-apposition of the thumb". Ann Chir Main. 5 (1): 67–73. doi:10...
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favour apposition eyes. This is due to the superposition eye's adaptations for low light environments suiting the nocturnal moths, and the apposition eye's...
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