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azygous
CIDE DICTIONARY
azygous, a. [Gr. ; 'a priv. + yoke.].
Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
azygous, adj. & n. Anat.
--adj. (of any organic structure) single, not existing in pairs.
--n. an organic structure occurring singly.
--adj. (of any organic structure) single, not existing in pairs.
--n. an organic structure occurring singly.
Etymology
Gk azugos unyoked f. a- not + zugon yoke
ROGET THESAURUS
azygous
Unity
N unity, oneness, individuality, solitude, isolation, unification, one, unit, ace, individual, none else, no other, one, sole, single, solitary, unitary, individual, apart, alone, kithless, unaccompanied, unattended, solus, single-handed, singular, odd, unique, unrepeated, azygous, first and last, isolated, insular, monospermous, unific, uniflorous, unifoliate, unigenital, uniliteral, unijocular, unimodal, unimodular, lone, lonely, lonesome, desolate, dreary, insecable, inseverable, indiscerptible, compact, indivisible, atomic, irresolvable, singly, alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the singular number, in the abstract, one by one, one at a time, simply, one and a half, sesqui-, natura il fece, e poi roppe la stampa, du fort au faible, two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.Centrality
N centrality, centricalness, center, middle, focus, core, kernel, nucleus, nucleolus, heart, pole axis, bull's eye, nave, navel, umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith, vertebra, vertebral column, hotbed, concentration, centralization, symmetry, center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy, metacenter, central, centrical, middle, azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric, middlemost, rachidian, spinal, vertebral, middle, midst, centrally.For further exploring for "azygous" in Webster Dictionary Online