scutoid
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
First described by Gómez-Gálvez et al. in a 2018 paper (see quotation below). Variously said to be from scutum or scutellum (parts of insect anatomy) or from Escudero, surname of one of the researchers, + -oid.
Noun[edit]
scutoid (plural scutoids)
- A geometrical solid described as a mix between a frustum and a prismatoid.
- 2018, Pedro Gómez-GálvezPablo Vicente-MunueraAntonio Taguaet al., “Scutoids are a geometrical solution to three-dimensional packing of epithelia”, in Nature Communications, volume 9, :
- As a consequence, epithelial cells adopt a novel shape that we term “scutoid”. […] Using biophysical arguments, we propose that scutoids make possible the minimization of the tissue energy and stabilize three-dimensional packing.
- 2019, Felix Reichel, Johannes Mauer, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Gerhard Gompper, Jochen R. Guck, Dmitry Fedosov, “High Troughput Microfluidic Characterization of Erythrocyte Shapes and Mechanical Variability”, in Biophysical Journal, page 123a:
- Our energetics analysis reveals that scutoids allow tissues to minimize the packing energy and we propose that such geometrical shape is nature’s solution to epithelial bending.
- 2020, Ghislain Gillard, Katja Röper, “Control of cell shape during epithelial morphogenesis: recent advances”, in Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, , page 8:
- It has been postulated that ‘scutoids’ are part of a continuum of cell shapes and 3D arrangements, together with frusta and prisms
Further reading[edit]
- August 2018, Matt Parker, “THE SCUTOID: did scientists discover a new shape?”, Standupmaths (YouTube).
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
scutoid (plural scutoids)
- Alternative letter-case form of Scutoid, a genetic mutation in Drosophila melanogaster