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zonula

zonula noun: any of several small belt-like regions.

Noun

zonula (plural zonulae or zonulas)

  1. Any of several small belt-like regions.
    • The zonula originates by a small number of delicate fibres from the vitreous [lamella].1883, Half-yearly compendium of medical science, volumes 31-34, page 146
    • Nevertheless, the zonula is most often considered as the principal agent of transmission.1980, Yves Le Grand, Sami G. El Hage, Physiological Optics, page 95

zonula meaning in Tamil

zonula in Tamil

சிறிய பகுதி, சிறுபகுதி

Forms of zonula

pluralzonulae
pluralzonulas

Origin of zonula

Borrowed from Latin zōnula (“small belt or girdle”). Doublet of zonule.

Words formed from zonula

Questions about zonula

What does zonula mean?
Zonula means any of several small belt-like regions.
What is zonula in Tamil?
Zonula in Tamil is சிறிய பகுதி, சிறுபகுதி. See Zonula meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zonula?
Zonula is a noun.
What is the plural of zonula?
The plural of zonula is zonulae.

Words near zonula in the dictionary

  1. zonotopes
  2. zonotopic
  3. zonotreme
  4. Zontian
  5. Zontians
  6. zonula
  7. zonula occludens
  8. zonulae
  9. zonulae occludentes
  10. zonular
  11. zonularly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zonula (page history and authors); zonula (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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