trabecula
English
Noun
trabecula (plural trabeculae or trabeculas)
- A small supporting beam.
- (anatomy) A small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone.
- (anatomy) A fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place.
- (entomology) Either of a pair of movable appendages on the head, in front of the antennae, of some mallophagous insects.
- (anatomy) One of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached.
- (botany) A projection from the cell wall across the cell cavity of the ducts of certain plants.
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See also
Latin
Alternative forms
- trabicula
Etymology
Diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /traˈbeː.ku.la/
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | trabēcula | trabēculae |
Genitive | trabēculae | trabēculārum |
Dative | trabēculae | trabēculīs |
Accusative | trabēculam | trabēculās |
Ablative | trabēculā | trabēculīs |
Vocative | trabēcula | trabēculae |
Descendants
References
- trabecula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trabecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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