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CINGULUM (cingula)
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Irregular inflected form: cingula
Dictionary entry overview: What does cingulum mean?
• CINGULUM (noun)
The noun CINGULUM has 1 sense:
1. (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
Familiarity information: CINGULUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("cingulum" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
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