cingulum
Americannoun
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Etymology
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
The diagnosis: herpes zoster, known colloquially as shingles, from the Latin cingulum, for belt or girdle.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is in addition to these cusps a distinct basal cingulum, most prominent in the region of the heel.
From On The Affinities of Leptarctus primus of Leidy American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VI, Article VIII, pp. 229-331. by Wortman, Jacob Lawson
Crowns of molars strong, conical, compressed, hollowed on the inner side, with a strongly-marked lobed cingulum, especially on the inner side, and slightly developed accessory cusps before and behind.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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.
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