Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 8 compound words that contain sheaths. The most common are listed below. Open sheaths in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- femoral sheathsplural of femoral sheath: The funnel-shaped downward extension of the abdominal fascia within which the femoral artery and femoral vein pass between the abdomen and the thigh.
- myelin sheathsplural of myelin sheath: An envelope of myelin that surrounds nerve fibres.
- leaf sheathsplural of leaf sheath: A structure at the base of a leaf's petiole that partly surrounds or protect the stem or another organ that it subtends.
- penile sheathsplural of penile sheath: A device fitted over the penis that is connected to a drainage bag, used to assist with urinary incontinence.
- root sheathsplural of root sheath: The coleorhiza.
- medullary sheathsplural of medullary sheath: A thin layer surrounding the pith.
- Schwann's sheathsplural of Schwann's sheath: The neurilemma.
Compound words 8
- astrosheathsplural of astrosheath: The stellar equivalent of the heliosheath
- heliosheathsplural of heliosheath: A zone between the termination shock and the heliopause, in the heliosphere, at the outer border of the Solar System, where the solar wind is dramatically slower than within the termination shock.
- leafsheathsplural of leafsheath: A structure at the base of a leaf's petiole that partly surrounds or protect the stem or another organ that it subtends.
- magnetosheathsplural of magnetosheath: The region of space between the magnetopause and the bow shock of a planet's magnetosphere
- presheathsplural of presheath: A region in advance of a sheath
- subsheathsplural of subsheath: A tunnel-like structure beneath the sheath of a tendon
- urisheathsplural of urisheath: Synonym of uridome (“incontinence device”).
- urosheathsplural of urosheath: Synonym of uridome (“incontinence device”).