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caruncula

US/kəˈɹʌŋ.kjəl.ə/

caruncula noun: synonym of caruncle.

Noun

caruncula (plural carunculae)

  1. Synonym of caruncle.
    • Even without mobilization of the bone, the median eyelid angle can be deplaced in the nasal direction. For this purpose, we inserted a heart-shaped cartilage implant, curved toward the caruncula.1982, Sherrell J. Aston, Albert Hornblass, Murray A. Meltzer, et al., editors, Third International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eye and Adnexa, Baltimore, MD: Williams &...
    Synonyms:
    caruncle

Synonyms of caruncula

Forms of caruncula

pluralcarunculae

Origin of caruncula

Borrowed from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”). Doublet of caruncle.

Questions about caruncula

What does caruncula mean?
Caruncula means synonym of caruncle.
What part of speech is caruncula?
Caruncula is a noun.
How do you pronounce caruncula?
Caruncula is pronounced /kəˈɹʌŋ.kjəl.ə/ (US).
What is the plural of caruncula?
The plural of caruncula is carunculae.

Words near caruncula in the dictionary

  1. carumonam
  2. caruncle
  3. carunclectomies
  4. carunclectomy
  5. caruncles
  6. caruncula
  7. carunculae
  8. caruncular
  9. carunculate
  10. carunculated
  11. carunculation

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