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retinaculum
[ ret-n-ak-yuh-luhm ]
noun
plural retinacula
- Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- Entomology. a bristle on the butterfly forewing that clasps to the frenulum of the hindwing.
retinaculum
/ ËŒ°ùÉ›³Ùɪˈ²Ôæ°ìÂáÊŠ±ôÉ™³¾ /
noun
- connection or retention or something that connects or retains
- zoology a small hook that joins the forewing and hind wing of a moth during flight
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Derived Forms
- ËŒ°ù±ð³Ù¾±Ëˆ²Ô²¹³¦³Ü±ô²¹°ù, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of retinaculum1
1815–25; < New Latin; Latin °ù±ð³Ù¾±²ÔÄ峦³Ü±ô³Ü³¾ tether, rope which holds fast or restrains, equivalent to retin ( ŧ°ù±ð ) to hold fast, retain + -Äå- (from v. stems ending in -Äå-; gubernaculum ) + -culum -cule 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of retinaculum1
C18 (a surgical instrument used in castration): Latin, from rÄ“tinŧ°ù±ð to hold back
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Example Sentences
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The second doctor Watts consulted confirmed a tear in her medial patellar retinaculum.
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The surgery, an extensor retinaculum repair, was performed by Dr. Bruce Toby at the University of Kansas Hospital on Tuesday.
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Loop: applied to that structure at base of innerside of primaries into which the frenulum of male moths is fitted: see retinaculum.
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Base of wings of Synemon, to show the bristle and retinaculum in the female. n.
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The retinaculum is not correctly represented in this figure, it arises from the anterior side of the sub-costal nervure.
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