incurvation
Example Sentences
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Clubbed finger-ends, in the adult, are seen mostly, with incurvation of the nails, in advancing consumption.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
This incurvation serves, as already shown, to prevent insects from being washed away by the rain; but it likewise serves for another end.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
The pressure from fragments of glass excites movement almost as quickly as the absorption of nitrogenous matter, but the degree of incurvation thus caused is much less.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
In 1 hr. there was apparently some slight incurvation, and this was well-marked in 3 hrs.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
With the second leaf there was a trace of incurvation in 2 hrs.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
