Definition of "pedicle" in English

noun

1. (zoology) A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.

2. (zoology) The attachment point for antlers in cervids.

3. A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue

4. pedicel (any sense)

5. peduncle (any sense)

6. (surgery) Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.

7. A fetter for the foot.