subjacent

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A portion of the parts immediately subjacent to the ulcer loses its life; this rapidly separates; and, before or after a complete removal, a fresh slough is formed in the same manner.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Their sides are deeply covered with sand and clay, arising most probably from the disintegration of the subjacent rocks.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

Rostrum, exceedingly minute, enlarged at each zone of growth, not so wide as the immediately subjacent scale on the peduncle.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The pebbles and larger masses of the conglomerate are quartzite, like that of the subjacent beds, and demonstrate the source of at least some of the material of the younger formation.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.

From the ventral surface of the collar nerve-tube numerous motor fibres may be seen passing to the subjacent musculature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various