sub pubescent (sub pube sent)

In entom. and bot., slightly or somewhat pubescent. subpubic (sub-pūʻbik), a. Situated beneath the pubes of man, or in the corresponding position in other animals. - Subpubic arch, the arch or angle formed by the junction of the ascending rami of the pubes, broadly arched the female, more angular and contracted in the male. - Subpubic hernia, obturator hernia. See obturator.- Subpubic ligament, a thick triangular fibrous arch lying along the lower margin of the pubic bones and binding them together. sub pulmonary (sub-pul mo-na-ri), a. Situated under (in man) or ventrad of the lungs. sub purchaser (sub'pèr cha-ser), n. chaser who buys from a purchaser. A pur sub pyramidal (sub-pi-ram'i-dal), a. Approx i mately pyramidal. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., XLV. 51. Sub pyramidal fo a, a depre ion in the inner wall of the middle ear, below the pyramid and behind the fenestra rotunda. not quite square; squarish. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 238. Situated be sub quadruple (sub-kwod'rö-pl), a. Containing one part of four; having the ratio 1:4. sub quintuple (sub-kwin'tū-pl), a. Containing one part of five; having the ratio 1:5. sub radular (sub-rad'u-lär), a. neath the radula: specifying a membrane forming part of the odontophore of gastropods. sub ramose, sub ramous (sub-ra mos, -mus), a. 1. In bot., slightly ramose; having few branches.-2. In entom., noting antennæ whose joints are furnished with short branches. subrational (sub-rash'on-al), a. Almost rational. - Subrational function. If X is a rational function of z, and Y a rational function of y, then the equation X = Y constitutes y as a subrational function of x.