cingulum

American  

[sing-gyuh-luhm] / ˈsɪŋ gyə ləm /

noun

plural

cingula

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

2. Dentistry. basal ridge.

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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

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Other Word Forms

• cingular adjective
• cingulate adjective
• cingulated adjective

Etymology

Origin of cingulum

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

Example Sentences

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

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.

Circulate -us: having a cingulum or collar: see also cinetus.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

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.