claustrum

[ klaw-struhm, klou- ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural claus·tra [klaw, -str, uh, klou, -].

1. barrier.

Word History and Origins

Origin of claustrum¹

1840–50; < New Latin; Latin: bolt, barrier, equivalent to claud ( ere ) to close, shut + -trum instrumental suffix; cloister

Example Sentences

It is epitomised in the untranslatable epigram—Claustrum sine armario (est) quasi castrum sine armamentario.

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Historiola, p. 24: "Capitulum quoque et claustrum, dormitorium et refectorium et infirmatorium, nihilominus dificari fecit."

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The door of which I speak is described as "magnum ostium ecclesi sub campanili versus claustrum."

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Claustrum: the structure uniting the wings in flight, whether by hooks, by a thickening of the margin, or by a jugum.

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Claustrum, klaws′trum, n. a thin layer of gray matter in the substance of the hemispheres of the brain:—pl.

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