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funiculi

funiculi is the plural of funiculus.

Meaning of funiculus

Noun

funiculus (plural funiculi)

  1. Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.
  2. A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta.
    • The elaiosome emerges from the funiculus.

Questions about funiculi

What is funiculi the plural of?
Funiculi is the plural of funiculus.

Words near funiculi in the dictionary

  1. funicular railway
  2. funicular railways
  3. funicularly
  4. funiculars
  5. funiculate
  6. funiculi
  7. funiculitis
  8. funiculolide
  9. funiculolides
  10. funiculose
  11. funiculosin

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