funiculi

Variant of funiculus

noun pl. funiculi

  1. Anat. any cordlike structure; esp.,
    1. any of various bundles of white matter in the spinal cord
    2. Obsolete the umbilical or spermatic cord
  2. Bot. the slender stalk of an ovule or seed

Origin: L, small cord, dim. of funis, a cord, rope

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