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pectunculus

pectunculus noun: any of the series of small longitudinal ridges on the cerebral aqueduct.

Noun

pectunculus (plural pectunculi)

  1. Any of the series of small longitudinal ridges on the cerebral aqueduct.

Forms of pectunculus

pluralpectunculi

Origin of pectunculus

Borrowed from Latin pectunculus, the diminutive of pecten (“comb”).

Questions about pectunculus

What does pectunculus mean?
Pectunculus means any of the series of small longitudinal ridges on the cerebral aqueduct.
What part of speech is pectunculus?
Pectunculus is a noun.
What is the plural of pectunculus?
The plural of pectunculus is pectunculi.

Words near pectunculus in the dictionary

  1. pectose
  2. pectoses
  3. pectosic acid
  4. pectous
  5. pectunculi
  6. pectunculus
  7. pectus
  8. pectus carinatum
  9. pectus excavatum
  10. pecuary
  11. pecul

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