TORCULAR
\tˈɔːkjʊlə], \tˈɔːkjʊlə], \t_ˈɔː_k_j_ʊ_l_ə]\
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By Thomas Davidson
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[Latin] The depression in the occipital bone formed by the confluence of the lateral, longitudinal, straight, and occipital sinuses; also called T. Herophili.
By Alexander Duane
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Surgeon\'s tourniquet. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).