1. Having a feather arrangement on one side; resembling one-half of a feather. ... 2. Denoting certain muscles with fibres running at an acute angle from one side of a tendon. ... Synonym: demipenniform. ... Origin: uni-+ L. Penna, feather ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: yū′ni-pen′āt Synonyms: semipennate
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unipennate In some muscles, the fibers are oblique and converge, like the plumes of a quill pen, to one side of a tendon which runs the entire length of the muscle. Related 'feather, feather-like; soft down, plumage' word units: pinni-, pin-; plum-, -plume; pterido-; ptero-; ptilo-.
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