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cingulum

American  
[sing-gyuh-luhm] / ˈsɪŋ gjə ləm /

noun

cingula plural
  1. Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.

  2. Dentistry. basal ridge.


cingulum British  
/ ˈsɪŋɡjʊləm, -ˌleɪt, ˈsɪŋɡjʊlɪt /

noun

  1. anatomy a girdle-like part, such as the ridge round the base of a tooth or the band of fibres connecting parts of the cerebrum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of cingulum

1835–45; < Latin: girdle, zone, equivalent to cing- (stem of cingere to gird; see cincture) + -ulum -ule

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The diagnosis: herpes zoster, known colloquially as shingles, from the Latin cingulum, for belt or girdle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Diagnostic dental characters include: 3rd upper unicuspid smaller than 4th, and unicuspids, except 5th, with a pigmented ridge extending from near apex of each tooth medially to cingulum and sometimes ending as internal cusplet.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

From B. minimus, B. sawrockensis differs in: incisor less procumbent; masseteric ridge extending farther anteriorly; anterior cingulum of m2 slightly larger.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

When it is intended to signify that a knight has been created, it is stated that the individual has been girt with the cingulum militare.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

In the deciduous P4 the anterior cingulum is projected strongly anteriorly forming the apex of the sharpest angle of a triangle, whereas the permanent P4 is trapezoidal in occlusal pattern.

From Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming by White, John A.

Third unicuspid usually smaller than fourth; upper unicuspids usually with pigmented ridge extending from apices medially to cingula, uninterrupted by antero-posterior groove; post-mandibular foramen usually absent.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

For reverence is that, wherewith princes are girt from God; who threateneth the dissolving thereof; Solvam cingula regum.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis

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