Definition of chorda

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Chorda (n.) A cord.

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Parachordal :: Parachordal (n.) A parachordal cartilage.
Sea Laces :: Sea laces () A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long..
Subnuvolar :: Subnotochordal (a.) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod..
Neurochordal :: Neurochordal (a.) See Neurocord.
Epichordal :: Epichordal (a.) Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it..
Chordal :: Chordal (a.) Of or pertaining to a chord.
Chorda :: Chorda (n.) A cord.
Notochord :: Notochord (n.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm..
Parachordal :: Parachordal (a.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.
Perichordal :: Perichordal (a.) Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal..
Notochordal :: Notochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.
Neurochord :: Neurochord (a.) Alt. of Neurochorda.
Urochorda :: Urochorda (n. pl.) Same as Tunicata.
Chordata :: Chordata (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord..
Prochordal :: Prochordal (a.) Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.
Urochordal :: Urochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.
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