Hyperpneumaticity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being hyperpneumatic uncountable

    "We regard this account as strong evidence of the presence of pneumaticity in Deinocheirus, which is clearly unlike the condition in other ornithomimosaurs, and might represent the evolution of hyperpneumaticity associated with giant body size [17 ]."

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"We regard this account as strong evidence of the presence of pneumaticity in Deinocheirus, which is clearly unlike the condition in other ornithomimosaurs, and might represent the evolution of hyperpneumaticity associated with giant body size [17 ]."

Etymology

From hyper- + pneumaticity.

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