CISTERNA
\sˈɪstənə], \sˈɪstənə], \s_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_n_ə]\
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a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
By Princeton University
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a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
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By J.H. Kenneth
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This term has been applied to various parts of the body, which serve as reservoirs for different fluids. The fourth ventricle of the brain has been so called.-Arantius.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).