one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
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medusoid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | medusa, medusan |
| Type of | cnidarian, coelenterate |
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Examples of medusoid
medusoid
Sometimes the medusoid was already moving in an uncoordinated way when peeled off the mould.
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When video of the medusoid is shown alongside that of the real thing, the similarity is startling.
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Once the coating had set, the medusoid could be peeled off the mould with its rat muscle network intact.
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The medusoid technology could also be used as implants in the human body powered by the nutrients in body fluids.
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To build the medusoid, the team made a mould based on a 3D computer model of a juvenile jellyfish just 6 millimetres across.
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Medusoid, described in a paper Sunday in the journal Nature Biotechnology, isn't the first such jellyfish-related endeavor for some of these researchers.
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Called a medusoid, after the umbrella-shaped class of jellyfish it mimics, the silicone cyborg uses heart muscle cells from a rat to recreate the pumping motion of the moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita.
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