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cotyledo

cotyledo [CL < κοτυληδών] 1 navelwort (Umbilicus). b (?) stonecrop (Sedum). cimbalaria, colitidos vel colitidon vel scolidos, †statimcelli, cimbalion, umbilicus Veneris idem, A. penigres vel †penywyt[v. l. penywert] Alph. 41 (cf. ib. 44: cotilidon sive †simbalion, umbilicus Veneris idem).  b †colatidis, singrene Gl. Durh.. 2 (anat.) cotyledon, part of uterine membrane. ex caliditate et siccitate desiccantur cotillidones, quibus fetus alligatur matrici Neckam NR II 131 (cf. ib. 155 p. 240); rumpuntur cotillidones et exit sanguis cum aquositate Ps.-Ric. Anat. 40; vena ‥ bifurcatur et una tendit ad dextrum cornu matricis, alia ad sinistrum, deferens sanguinem et subintrans cotilidones Gilb. VII 304 v. 1; Ib. VI 242. 2 (v. coagulum 1c).

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