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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] 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) |
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TRABECULA is a 9 letter word that starts with T. |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tra*bec"u*la\, n.; pl. {Trabecul[ae]} (-l[=e]). [L.,
a little beam.] (Anat.)
A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in
the framework of an organ part.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A transverse partition which divides or partly divides a cavity. |
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