incurvation
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But since the members are equal, it is necessary that the member which is quiescent should be inflected either in the knee or in the incurvation, if the animal that walks is without knees.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent
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
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
Empty cells becoming confluent, vesicular by incurvation of the circular margin, forming a deep and round umbilication.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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