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Meaning of TRABECULA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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)
 
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 See Also: fibrous tissue

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tra*bec"u*la\, n.; pl. {Trabecul[ae]} (-l[=e]). [L.,
a little beam.] (Anat.)
A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in
the framework of an organ part.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A transverse partition which divides or partly divides a cavity.
 

 

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