TENIA (taeniae, teniae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: taeniae    , teniae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tenia mean? 

• TENIA (noun)
  The noun TENIA has 1 sense:

1. a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband

  Familiarity information: TENIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fillet; taenia; tenia

Hypernyms ("tenia" is a kind of...):

headband (a band worn around or over the head)

 Context examples 

Contraction of the teniae coli exerts pressure on the wall and creates a series of pouches, called haustra, along the colon.

(Large Intestinal Wall Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

The longitudinal muscle is limited to three distinct bands, called teniae coli that run the entire length of the colon.

(Large Intestinal Wall Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)