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ra·chis

(rā′kĭs)

n. pl. ra·chis·es or rach·i·des (răk′ĭ-dēz′, rā′kĭ-)

a. The main stem of an elongated inflorescence, as in a grass.

b. The main axis of a pinnately compound leaf or of a fern frond.

2. The main shaft of a bird's feather, especially the part to which the barbs are attached.

3. The spinal column.

[New Latin, from Greek rhakhis, spine, ridge.]

ra′chi·al adj.

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rachis

(ˈreɪkɪs) or

rhachis

n, pl rachises, rhachises, rachides or rhachides (ˈrækɪˌdiːz; ˈreɪ-)

1. (Botany) botany the main axis or stem of an inflorescence or compound leaf

2. (Zoology) ornithol the shaft of a feather, esp the part that carries the barbs

3. (Anatomy) another name for spinal column

[C17: via New Latin from Greek rhakhis ridge]

rachial, rhachial rachidial, rhachidial adj

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ra•chis

(ˈreɪ kɪs)

n., pl. ra•chis•es, rach•i•des (ˈræk ɪˌdiz, ˈreɪ kɪ-)

1. any of various axial structures of a plant, as the stem of a leaflet.

2. the part of the shaft of a feather bearing the web.

3. spinal column.

[1775–85; < New Latin < Greek rháchis spine]

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Noun	1.	rachis - axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence axis - the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
	2.	rachis - the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" spinal column, spine, vertebral column, backbone, back notochord - a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates chine - backbone of an animal canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal - the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes coccyx, tail bone - the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes vertebra - one of the bony segments of the spinal column intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk - a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) skeletal structure - any structure created by the skeleton of an organism axial skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs

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raquis

ra·chis

n. raquis, la columna vertebral.

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