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theca

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theca [′thē·kə]
(anatomy)
The sheath of dura mater which covers the spinal cord.
(botany)
A moss capsule.
A pollen sac.
(histology)
The layer of stroma surrounding a Graafian follicle.
(invertebrate zoology)
The test of a testate protozoan or a rotifer.


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The oocytes of secondary follicles were surrounded by more than one layer of granulosa cells or by one layer plus an incomplete second layer with signs of theca interna development.
6) In a commemorative work for his friend Tobias Hess, Andreae had gathered together thoughts and notes from Hess's manuscripts as Theca gladii spiritus, sententias quasdem breves vereque philosophicas continens (Strasbourg, 1616), which contained enough citations from Andreae's own work, such as De Christiani Cosmoxeni genitura, Judicium (Strasbourg, 1612, dedicated to Hess), to make clear that they had at the very least worked collaboratively.
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