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Definitions: RETINACULUM |
RETINACULUMNoun1. A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants. 2. One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms. 3. One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle. 4. A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves. |
Etymology: Retinaculum \Ret`i*nac"u*lum\, noun; plural Retinacula. [Latin expression, holdfast, band. See Retain.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: RETINACULUM |
| English words defined with "RETINACULUM": Retinacula. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "RETINACULUM": synovial sheath ♦ tendon sheath. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
retinaculum | 9 |
flexor retinaculum | 3 |
extensor retinaculum | 2 |
peroneal retinaculum superior | 2 |
flexor foot retinaculum surgery | 2 |
ankle retinaculum | 2 |
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| Words rhyming with "RETINACULUM" (pronounced 'Ret`i*nac"u*lum'): Acetabulum, Animalculum, Asylum, Capitulum, Cerebellum, Cingulum, Clum, Coagulum, Coelum, Collum, Corallum, Corniculum, Cribellum, Crotalum, Curriculum, Flabellum, flagellum, Fraenulum, Furculum, Glabellum, Hibernaculum, hilum, hoodlum, hordeolum, infundibulum, Lum, Mesophyllum, Operculum, Opusculum, Osculum, Ossiculum, Ovulum, pabulum, Paradactylum, Paramylum, Peplum, Periculum, Petalum, Podophyllum, Postscutellum, Praeoperculum, Preoperculum, Propagulum, Receptaculum, Replum, Reticulum, Rostellum, Rostrulum, Sacellum, Santalum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-m-n-r-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: antiulcer, culminate, numerical, reticulum, tenaculum, tularemic. | |
-3 letters: anuretic, auntlier, clarinet, cumulate, lutecium, manicure, metrical, multicar, muricate, neumatic, reticula, retinula, ruminate, tenurial, terminal, tramline. | |
-4 letters: ailment, aliment, alumine, alunite, article, auricle, calumet, carline, carmine, cauline, centaur, central, centrum, ceratin, certain, claimer, climate, cranium, creatin, culture, cumarin, curtail, curtain, cutline, latrine, linecut, lucarne, lunatic, maltier. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-m-n-r-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: multinuclear. | |
+3 letters: ultramasculine. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 54 49 4E 41 43 55 4C 55 4D |
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