Tricorporal
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having three bodies (for example like a goddess represented in three forms). not-comparable
"[...] identified with her sister Persephone, as well as with Artemis and Selene (the Moon). Hence a tricorporal statue of her was dedicated to her at Athens, at a period as early as that of the Peloponnesian war."
- 2 Involving three corpora; in particular, of a priapism: involving both the corpora cavernosa and the corpus spongiosum. not-comparable
"Patients with tricorporal involvement are also particularly susceptible to acute severe neurologic complications and overall increased morbidity - even those treated with exchange transfusion (570,659). They should be monitored[…]"
Example
More examples"[...] identified with her sister Persephone, as well as with Artemis and Selene (the Moon). Hence a tricorporal statue of her was dedicated to her at Athens, at a period as early as that of the Peloponnesian war."
Etymology
From tri- + corporal.
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