1811 Hooper Med. Dict. ,*Rachialgia.
1822–34 Good's Stud. Med. (ed. 4) II. 472This disease was..a modification of rhachialgia.
Ibid. I. 172Without any *rhachialgic pains.
1890 Billings Med. Dict. 427/2*Rachischisis, congenital posterior fissure of spinal column, a form of spina bifida.
1900 Boston Med. &Surg. Jrnl. CXLIII. 458/2 (heading)A case of rhachischisis.
1901 T. M. Rotch Pediatrics (ed. 3) v. 301Rhachischisis is one of the principal forms of congenital defects of the spine. It is characterized by a deficiency of the vertebral arches either complete or partial.
1963 K. M. Laurence in A. P. Norman Congenital Abnormalities in Infancy ii. 26Myelomeningocoeles, myelocytocoeles, hydromyelocoeles, and syringomyelocoeles, localized rachischisis and myelocoeles are all essentially the same lesion, and best regarded as myelocoeles.
1966 Wright & Symmers SystemicPath. II. xxxiv. 1234/2Spina Bifida... The severest and rarest form is rachischisis, in which the spinal canal is open to the exterior, either for a short distance or over its whole length.
1947 Bull. MuseumCompar. Zoöl. HarvardColl. XCIX. 103In the skull roof , a primitive character is the presence of a distinct intertemporal element, lost in characteristic *rhachitomes. [ of Edops]
1964 Jrnl. AnimalMorphol. &Physiol. XI. 7The temnospondyls, forming the ‘main line’ of labyrinthodont evolution, began with Carboniferous types of primitive structure but with rhachitomous vertebrae, evolved in the later Carboniferous and Permian into typical rhachitomes, and eventually gave rise to stereospondylous forms.
1971 E. C. Olson Vertebr. Paleozool. iv. iv. 591In the Lower Carboniferous limestone of Scotland..is the Gilmerton ironstone from which a number of labyrinthodonts have come:..Loxomma, a rhachitome; and..an anthracosaur, Crassigyrinus.
1882 E. D. Cope in Amer. Naturalist XVI. 334 (heading)The *rhachitomous Stegocephali.
1884 ― in Ibid. XVIII. 30Rachitomous vertebræ from the same locality are of larger size and resemble those of Eryops.
1887 E. D. Cope Orig. Fittest 317The reptiles, in their primary representative order,..have been probably derived from the rhachitomous Batrachia.
1947 Bull. MuseumCompar. Zoöl. HarvardColl. XCIX. 102The skull pattern is typically rhachitomous in key features, such as the firm fusion of cheeks and table.
1964 . [ see rachitome above]
1971 E. C. Olson Vertebr. Paleozool. iv. iv. 591Although rhachitomous amphibians occur early, in the upper Mississippian, the limbs from this age have not been worked out.
rachio-
also rhachio-, before vowels rachi-, word-forming element meaning "spinal," from Greek rhakhis "spine, ridge, rib of a leaf." Compare Greek rhakhos "thorn hedge."
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