Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Anatomy A crest or ridge, as on the top of a bone.
- n. Biology One of the inward projections or folds of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion.
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- n. The internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place.
Etymologies
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_alæ_, and from their resemblance to the cock's comb were by Spigelius termed crista galli.
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TJ on Jun 29, 2008 man i'm just gonna see this movie, because i love crista flanagan emmonster on Jun 30, 2008
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Its dental characteristics could be described from the P. kelyus subfossil maxilla fragment, showing a crista obliqua, a parastyle and a highly developed mesostyle.
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The forests consist primarily of Salíx humboldtiana (sauce criollo or sauce colorado), Tessaria intergrifolia (aliso), Erythrina crista-galli (ceibo), etc.
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Grinding | Five sci-fi scenarios that will come true O grinding está na crista da onda do interface entre o social e o tecnológico.
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Resta saber se este mito, alicerçado em figuras como Bill Gates, Steve Jobs ou Sergei Brin, é de facto a força motriz por detrás da revolução digital, ou se a criatividade pouco convencional de um poucos é a crista da grande onda deste admirável novo mundo da tecnologia.
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Many species, including E. abyssinica, E. caffra, E. crista-galli and E. variegata are valued as ornamental shrubs and trees by virtue of their attractive, brightly coloured flowers.
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(Mauser), midway between the last right rib and the crista ilii; _exit_, below the eighth costal cartilage in nipple line.
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The lower band of the fibres of this tendinous sheath -- viz., that which is stretched between C, the iliac spine, and D, the crista pubis, is named Poupart's ligament; and this is strongly connected with H, the iliac portion of the fascia lata of the thigh.
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