Etymology

retinaculum

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Today it means: A connecting band. Full definition →

Latin retināculum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromretināculum
  2. English todayretinaculum

From Latin retināculum, from retinēre (“hold back”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.