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Definition of "crista" [crista]

  • Anatomy A crest or ridge, as on the top of a bone. (noun)
  • Biology One of the inward projections or folds of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "crista" in a sentence
  • "_alæ_, and from their resemblance to the cock's comb were by Spigelius termed crista galli."
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  • "Its dental characteristics could be described from the P. kelyus subfossil maxilla fragment, showing a crista obliqua, a parastyle and a highly developed mesostyle."
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