1871 G. J. Allman Gymnobl. Hydroids 30The gonophore is always borne as a bud... It may be referred to one or other of two principal types, based respectively on the greater or less approach to the completely formed medusa. The peculiar condition by which one of these types is characterised may be termed phanerocodonic, while that which distinguishes the other may be designated as *adelocodonic.
1891 W. D. Halliburton Text-bk. Chem. Physiol. xxx. 633These cells were called principal cells by Heidenhain, *adelomorphic cells by Rollett, and central cells on account of their position. [ of the cardiac glands]
1875 A. Gamgee tr. Hermann'sElem. Hum.Physiol. ii. 99‘Hauptzellen’ (Heidenhain), or ‘*adelomorphous cells’ (Rollett).
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combining form
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