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CINGULUM (cingula)

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Irregular inflected form: cingula  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 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)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CINGULUM (noun)


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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