trabecular

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a trabecula.

Similar
trabeculate
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English trabecula ← Latin trabēcula →
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Meanings

adjectivetrabecular (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to a trabecula.

    Macroscopic study of post-depositional breaks showed fiber bone deposition in some trabecular bone elements and in the medullary cavities of some long-bones.

    2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 27

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to trabeculae

Similar
trabeculate
Also see
cancelloustrabeculate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*treb-
  2. Proto-Italic*trabs
  3. Latintrabs
  4. Latintrabēcula
  5. Englishtrabecula
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  8. Englishtrabecular

From trabecula + -ar.

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APA

trabecular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trabecular

MLA

“trabecular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trabecular. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trabecular,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trabecular.

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