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PLATELIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does platelike mean?
• PLATELIKE (adjective)
The adjective PLATELIKE has 1 sense:
1. as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks
Familiarity information: PLATELIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
As the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks
Synonyms:
placoid; platelike
Similar:
planar; two-dimensional (involving or having two dimensions)
Context examples
Mitochondria consist of two sets of membranes, a smooth continuous outer coat and an inner membrane arranged in tubules or more often in folds that form platelike double membranes (cristae).
(Mitochondrion, NCI Thesaurus)
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