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tra·bec·u·la | \ trə-ˈbe-kyə-lə 
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\ plural trabeculae\ trə-ˈbe-kyə-ˌlē , -ˌlī \ also trabeculas
, -ˌlī \ also trabeculasDefinition of trabecula
1 : a small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane in the framework of a body organ or part
2 : a fold, ridge, or bar projecting into or extending from a plant part especially : a row of cells bridging an intercellular space
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trabecular \ trə-ˈbe-kyə-lər \ adjective
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trabecula
nountra·bec·u·la | \ trə-ˈbek-yə-lə \
\ plural trabeculae\ -ˌlē \ also trabeculas
\ also trabeculasMedical Definition of trabecula
1 : a small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane in the framework of a bodily organ or part (as the spleen)
2 : one of a pair of longitudinally directed more or less curved cartilaginous rods in the developing skull of a vertebrate that develop under the anterior part of the brain on each side of the pituitary gland and subsequently fuse with each other and with the parachordal cartilages to form the base of the cartilaginous cranium
3 : any of the intersecting osseous bars occurring in cancellous bone
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The first known use of trabecula was circa 1866
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