pluricentral
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[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌplʊəɹɪˈsɛntɹəl/, /ˌplɔːɹɪˈsɛntɹəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌplʊɹəˈsɛntɹəl/
Adjective
[edit]pluricentral (comparative more pluricentral, superlative most pluricentral)
- Pluricentric; having more than one centre.
- 1908, Medical Chronicle[1], page 298:
- Tanberg remarks that histologists are now generally agreed that multiple primary carcinomas can develop from several primary centres ("pluricentral development")
- 1950, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales[2], page 261:
- Ludwig advanced the idea that growth in area of the skin is “quantitatively pluricentral”, each surface element increasing through reproduction of its own special cells.
- 2012 December 6, Hector Sabelli, “The Co-Creation Hypothesis”, in Gillian Ragsdell, Jennifer Wilby, editors, Understanding Complexity[3], Springer, →ISBN, page 26:
- This is consonant with clinical experience and suggests practical guidelines for family therapy and for social organization (e.g. marital equality, political opposition rather than consensus, pluricentral management […]