catenoid

catenoid
1. Like a chain, such as a chain of fungus spores or a colony of protozoa in which the individuals are joined end to end. SYN: catenulate. 2. Surface of net zero curvature generated by the rotation of a catenary (curve of repose of a suspended chain); the interventricular septum of the heart in idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis resembles a c., which makes it ineffective in increasing intracavity pressure or in reducing its volume as defined in Laplace law. [L. catena, chain, + G. eidos, resemblance]

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cat·e·noid 'kat-ə-.nȯid adj FILIFORM used esp. of the colonies of some protozoans

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cat·e·noid (katґə-noid) [L. catena chain] 1. resembling a chain. 2. arranged in a chain; called also catenulate.

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