tetracameral

English

Etymology

tetra- +‎ cameral

Adjective

tetracameral (not comparable)

1. Having four chambers; comprising four separate parts.
   • 1977, Unknown, “Geophysics”, in Doklady, Earth Science Sections‎^[1], page 238:

     Yet in the crocodilians, for example, the heart is already tetracameral, the arterial blood is completely separated from the venous, and there are other progressive features as well.

   • 2009 July 26, Carpetbagger, “AH challenge: Make this the US government”, in Alternate History Discussion‎^[2]:

     Tetracameral legislature. One lower house is selected by proportional representation by party, a second lower house is selected by first-past-the-post elections in the states/provinces, a third lower house is composed of representatives of various sufficiently powerful organizations (churches, labor unions, businesses, advocacy groups, etc.), and the sole upper house is composed of one representative each from each registered political party

Translations

having four parts

• Finnish: nelikamarinen (chambers); nelikammioinen (of heart); neliosainen (fi) (any parts)

Spanish

Adjective

tetracameral m or f (masculine and feminine plural tetracamerales)

1. four-chambered; having four chambers
   • 2007, J. Nebot-Cegarra, “Embriología del corazón y circulación fetal”, in Eduard Gratacós, editor, Medicina Fetal, →ISBN, page 309:

     Se trata de un vaso modificado cuya embriología es aparentemente paradógica: se forma a partir de dos vasos primitivos, que se fusionan en uno solo, y más tarde se tabica y acaba siendo un órgano tetracameral.

     It is a modified vessel whose embryology is seemingly paradoxical: it forms from two primitive vessels, which merge into just one, and later becomes partitioned and ends up being a four-chambered organ.