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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small supporting beam.
2. 2
   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) wordnet
3. 3
   A small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone.
4. 4
   A fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place.
5. 5
   Either of a pair of movable appendages on the head, in front of the antennae, of some mallophagous insects.

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6. 6
   One of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached.
7. 7
   A projection from the cell wall across the cell cavity of the ducts of certain plants.

Synonyms

All synonyms

trabeculus

Etymology

From Latin trabēcula (“small beam”), diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”).

Related phrases

connective tissue

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