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mesocardiac

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English

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Etymology

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From meso- +‎ cardiac.

Adjective

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mesocardiac (not comparable)

  1. Near the middle of the heart (or, especially, the cardiac stomach of an invertebrate)
    • 2015 August 27, “Direct Age Determination of a Subtropical Freshwater Crayfish (Redclaw, Cherax quadricarinatus ) Using Ossicular Growth Marks”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Centrally-positioned transverse cross sections were taken from pterocardiac and zygocardiac ossicles (Fig 2A and 2B ), while mesocardiac ossicles and eyestalks were cut longitudinally (Fig 2C and 2D ) (following Leland et al.