Meanings
plural carunculae
- anatomySynonym of caruncle.
Even without mobilization of the bone, the median eyelid angle can be deplaced in the nasal direction. For this purpose, we inserted a heart-shaped cartilage implant, curved toward the caruncula.
1982, Sherrell J. Aston, Albert Hornblass, Murray A. Meltzer, et al., editors, Third International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eye and Adnexa, Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins Co., →ISBN, page 116Synonyms: caruncle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of caruncle.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincaruncula“a little piece of flesh”
- Englishcaruncula
Borrowed from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”). Doublet of caruncle.
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