Library / English Dictionary

ZONA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

Synonyms:

zona; zone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("zona" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zona"):

zona pellucida (thick membrane around the mammalian ovum; can be penetrated by one sperm in the fertilization process; usually remains around the fertilized egg until it is implanted in the wall of the uterus)

zonula; zonule (small beltlike zone)

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