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Definition of trabecula
trabeculae
play \-ˌlē, -ˌlī\ alsotrabeculas
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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Origin and Etymology of trabecula
New Latin, from Latin, little beam, diminutive of trabs, trabes beam
Medical Dictionary
trabecula
playMedical Definition of trabecula
trabeculae
\-ˌlē\play alsotrabeculas
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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