trabecula
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin trabēcula (“small beam”), diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trabecula (plural trabeculae or trabeculas)
- A small supporting beam.
- (anatomy) A small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone.
- (anatomy) A fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place.
- (entomology) Either of a pair of movable appendages on the head, in front of the antennae, of some mallophagous insects.
- (anatomy) One of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached.
- (botany) A projection from the cell wall across the cell cavity of the ducts of certain plants.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- trabeated (adjective)
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Further reading edit
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Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /traˈbeː.ku.la/, [t̪räˈbeːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /traˈbe.ku.la/, [t̪räˈbɛːkulä]
Noun edit
trabēcula f (genitive trabēculae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | trabēcula | trabēculae |
| Genitive | trabēculae | trabēculārum |
| Dative | trabēculae | trabēculīs |
| Accusative | trabēculam | trabēculās |
| Ablative | trabēculā | trabēculīs |
| Vocative | trabēcula | trabēculae |
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References edit
- “trabecula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trabecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.