trabecula
[ truh-bek-yuh-luh ]
/ trəˈbɛk yə lə /
noun, plural tra·bec·u·lae [truh-bek-yuh-lee]. /trəˈbɛk yəˌli/.
Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
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.
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Origin of trabecula
OTHER WORDS FROM trabecula
tra·bec·u·lar, tra·bec·u·late [truh-bek-yuh-lit, -leyt], /trəˈbɛk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt/, adjectivein·ter·tra·bec·u·lar, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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Example sentences from the Web for trabecula
The trabecular floor of the brain does not long remain simple.
The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook GaskellThe term caries is employed to indicate any diseased process associated with crumbling away of the trabecular framework of a bone.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesThere are also less obvious changes in the density of the shadow and in the arrangement of the trabecular structure of the bones.
British Dictionary definitions for trabecula
trabecula
/ (trəˈbɛkjʊlə) /
noun plural -lae (-ˌliː) anatomy botany
any of various rod-shaped structures that divide organs into separate chambers
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 of trabecula
trabecular or trabeculate, adjectiveWord Origin for trabecula
C19: via New Latin from Latin: a little beam, from trabs a beam
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Medical definitions for trabecula
trabecula
[ trə-bĕk′yə-lə ]
n. pl. tra•bec•u•lae (-lē′)
Any of the supporting strands of connective tissue projecting into an organ and constituting part of the framework of that organ.
Any of the fine spicules forming a network in cancellous bone.
Other words from trabecula
tra•bec′u•lar adj.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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