Trabecula Definition

trə-bĕkyə-lə
trabeculae, trabeculas
noun
A small rod, bar, or bundle of fibers.
Webster's New World
A small septum of fibers forming, with others of its kind, an essential part of the framework of an organ or part.
Webster's New World
A rodlike structure, plate, or bar of tissue, as any of the crossbars in the peristome teeth of mosses.
Webster's New World
Any of the fine spicules forming a network in cancellous bone.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Trabecula

Noun

Singular:
trabecula
Plural:
trabeculae, trabeculas

Origin of Trabecula

  • Latin trabēcula diminutive of trabs, trab- beam treb- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin trabÄ“cula (“small beam"), diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber").

    From Wiktionary

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