pleurembolic
Meanings
adj
- Capable of being withdrawn by a backward movement of the parts from which it protrudes so that it becomes engulfed.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “a rib, a side of something”) + Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “peg, stopper”).
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