ural (fishural)

[ See fi ure . To confine the discu ion of the fi ural pattern to a brief statement of what appear to be the constant and the inconstant fi ural characters. Wilder and Gage , Anat. Tech., p. 501. fi uration (fish-ū-rā'shon), n. [= F. fi ura tion ; as fi ure + -ation.] 1. The act of fi uring, or the state of being fi ured. Whether fi uration be due to mechanical causes or represent lines of retarded growth, each fi ure [in brains of idiots, etc.] is probably not due to a distinct proce , but is in many cases, as Dr. A. J. Parker had shown, due to vegetative repetition. Amer. Jour. Psychol., I. 342. 2. In biol ., same as fi ion , 2. The multiplication of the species is effected in some by spontaneous division or fi uration. Jabez Hogg , The Microscope.