CORPUS ALLATUM


Meaning of CORPUS ALLATUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ə-ˈlā-təm, -ˈlä- ]

noun

( plural corpora al·la·ta -ˈlā-tə, -ˈlä-tə)

Etymology: New Latin, literally, applied body

Date: 1947

: one of a pair of separate or fused bodies in many insects that are sometimes closely associated with the corpora cardiaca and that secrete hormones (as juvenile hormone)

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