Meanings
nountrabecula (plural trabeculae or trabeculas)
plural trabeculae · plural trabeculas
- A small supporting beam.
- anatomyA small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone.
- anatomyA fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place.
- biologyEither of a pair of movable appendages on the head, in front of the antennae, of some mallophagous insects.
- anatomyOne of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached.
- biologyA projection from the cell wall across the cell cavity of the ducts of certain plants.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*treb-
- Proto-Italic*trabs
- Latintrabs
- Latintrabēcula
- Englishtrabecula
Learned borrowing from Latin trabēcula (“small beam”), diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”).
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APA
trabecula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trabecula
MLA
“trabecula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trabecula. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trabecula,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trabecula.
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