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What is the noun for pinnate?

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pinna
  1. (anatomy) The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
  2. (botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
  3. (zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “On review at three months, the patient had developed an unsightly cauliflower ear, with loss of supporting cartilage in the upper pinna.”
      “Contact dermatitis, irritant or allergic, can involve the pinna as well as the external auditory canal.”
      “This includes the pinna on the side of the head and the external auditory meatus, or ear canal, which terminates at the eardrum.”
pinnation
  1. (botany) The organisation of a pinnate leaf.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Trabs rise steeply or essentially normally to upper surface from ill-defined surface of pinnation that appears to be near gastral margin.”
      “For example, the angle of pinnation of a pinnate muscle may affect the force of contraction.”
      “The degree of variation in ARV and MNF did not depend on the pinnation angle simulated.”
pinnations
  1. plural of pinnation
pinnae
pinnas
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