Medical Term:

cotyledon

Pronunciation: kot′i-lē′don

Definition:

  1. In plants, a seed leaf, the first leaf to grow from a seed.
  2. A placental unit.

See: maternal cotyledon, fetal cotyledon

[G. kotylēdon, any cup-shaped hollow]

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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