TRABECULA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: trabeculae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

fibrous tissue (tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants)

Derivation:

trabecular (of or relating to trabeculae)

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