What's the difference between cardo and tardo?

Cardo


Definition:

  • (n.) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.
  • (n.) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

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  • (1) Similarly, in the course of this study it has been necessary to work out the anatomy of the motor neurons of the maxillary retractor and cardo rotator muscles in order to distinguish them from the serotoninergic neurons.
  • (2) In the epidermis, VLA-3 is generally strongly expressed on the entire plasma membrane of basal cells and is not polarized towards the basement membrane (Klein, C. E., C. Cardon-Cardo, R. Soehnchen, R. J. Cote, H. F. Oettgen, M. Eisinger, and L. J.
  • (3) We went back to the Roman foundation of Milan,” says Boeri, “laying out big Cardo and Decumano axes with lateral side-streets, abolishing any kind of hierarchy, so there would be no difference in size between the rich and poor countries.” Expos entrance with the same sense of contemptuous captivation that comes from watching the Eurovision Song Contest Facebook Twitter Pinterest A model poses next to the Swiss pavilion on the opening day of Expo 2015.

Tardo


Definition:

  • (a.) Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage slowly.
  • (n.) A sloth.

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