CINGULUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: cingula   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("cingulum" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

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