pedicle

A small stalk or stalklike structure, especially one supporting or connecting an organ or other body part.

A slender footlike or stemlike part, as at the base of a tumor.

Part of a skin or tissue graft that is left temporarily attached to the original site.

A foot-iron. Compare manacle (originally manicle).

A pedicel or peduncle.

Specifically — The bony process supporting the antler of the Cervidæ, or deer family.

The foot of the neural arch of a vertebra, usually a contracted part of such an arch (in comparison with its lamina), whereby the arch joins the body or centrum of the vertebra. The pedicles of any two contiguous vertebræ circumscribe the intervertebral foramina for the exit of spinal nerves. Synonyms See peduncle.

Same as pedicel.