TRABECULA (trabeculae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: trabeculae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does trabecula mean? 

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

1. rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRABECULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

fibrous tissue (tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants)

Derivation:

trabecular (of or relating to trabeculae)

 Context examples 

A grade I invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast, characterized by the presence of neoplastic cells that form trabeculae and groups infiltrating collagen bundles.

(Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma, Solid Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

A hepatoblastoma composed of small cells resembling the fetal hepatocytes, forming thin trabeculae.

(Hepatoblastoma with Pure Fetal Epithelial Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of cellular solid nests and trabeculae that contain spindle-shaped, plasmacytoid, and large neuroendocrine cells.

(Breast Solid Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition of reduced bone mass, with decreased cortical thickness and a decrease in the number and size of the trabeculae of cancellous bone (but normal chemical composition), resulting in increased fracture incidence.

(Osteoporosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumor is composed of woven bone trabeculae and shares similar histologic characteristics with the osteoid osteoma.

(Osteoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The malignant cells lack cohesion and are arranged individually or in a linear manner (Indian files), or as narrow trabeculae within the stroma.

(Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Activin receptor-like kinase 3 (ALK3) is specifically required at mid-gestation for normal development of the trabeculae, compact myocardium, interventricular septum, and endocardial cushion.

(ALK Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A disorder characterized by reduced bone mass, with a decrease in cortical thickness and in the number and size of the trabeculae of cancellous bone (but normal chemical composition), resulting in increased fracture incidence.

(Osteoporosis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)