trabecula

[ truh-bek-yuh-luh ]

noun

, plural tra·bec·u·lae [tr, uh, -, bek, -y, uh, -lee].

1. Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
2. Botany. one of the projections from the cell wall that extends across the cavity of the ducts of certain plants, or the plate of cells across the cavity of the sporangium of a moss.

trabecula

/ trəˈbɛkjʊlə /

noun

1. any of various rod-shaped structures that divide organs into separate chambers
2. any of various rod-shaped cells or structures that bridge a cavity, as within the capsule of a moss or across the lumen of a cell

Derived Forms

• traˈbecular, adjective

Other Words From

• tra·becu·lar tra·bec·u·late [tr, uh, -, bek, -y, uh, -lit, -leyt], adjective
• inter·tra·becu·lar adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of trabecula¹

1815–25; < New Latin trabēcula, Latin: little beam, equivalent to trabē ( s ) beam + -cula -cule ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of trabecula¹

C19: via New Latin from Latin: a little beam, from trabs a beam