Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A rounded projection, as on the margin of a shell.
  • noun The condition or state of being crenate.
  • noun A process resulting from osmosis in which red blood cells, in a hypertonic solution, undergo shrinkage and acquire a notched or scalloped surface.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as crenature.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
  • noun The condition of being crenate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.
  • noun botany A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
  • noun The condition of being crenate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

Etymologies

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Latin crenatus, "scalloped" or "notched".

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Examples

  • Extensive crenation of superficial muscular and fascial tissue secondary to disruptor damage.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Extensive crenation of superficial muscular and fascial tissue secondary to disruptor damage.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Extensive crenation of superficial muscular and fascial tissue secondary to disruptor damage.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • For one, maintaining a constant water potential of tissue fluid prevents osmotic damage to cells, either by cell lysis or crenation.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • For one, maintaining a constant water potential of tissue fluid prevents osmotic damage to cells, either by cell lysis or crenation.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • For one, maintaining a constant water potential of tissue fluid prevents osmotic damage to cells, either by cell lysis or crenation.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • For one, maintaining a constant water potential of tissue fluid prevents osmotic damage to cells, either by cell lysis or crenation.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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