SENN'S PLATES
\sˈɛnz plˈe͡ɪts], \sˈɛnz plˈeɪts], \s_ˈɛ_n_z p_l_ˈeɪ_t_s]\
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Circular or oval p's of decalcified bone, having a central opening and marginal apertures for the passage of sutures. One plate is placed in each end of the severed intestine in intestinal anastomosis. [Nicholas Senn, American surgeon, 1844-1908.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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).