subjacent
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In most cases, however, the axone runs off into the subjacent white matter, leaving the cortex altogether.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The former are the wandering cells of the connective tissues, as well as the fixed variety, the epithelial cells of the surface of a mucous membrane in addition to the subjacent connective-tissue cells.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Their sides are deeply covered with sand and clay, arising most probably from the disintegration of the subjacent rocks.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
Soon the swellings on the mucosa become eroded and are gradually destroyed, forming large unhealthy, chancrous-looking ulcers, tending to become confluent and to eat deeply through the mucosa into the subjacent tissues.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In from twenty-four to forty-eight hours a quantity of the germinating threads had bored through the walls and penetrated amongst the subjacent cells.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
