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zonules

zonules is the plural of zonule.

Meaning of zonule

Noun

zonule (plural zonules)

  1. A little zone, or girdle; a zonula.
    • Each tight junction is followed by an adhering zonule extending between arrows 2 and 3 and, farther away, by a desmosome marked D. A condensation of finely fibrillar material occurs mainly along the adhering zonules on each side of the bile capillary.1963, M. G. Farquar, G. E. Palade, Junctional complexes in various epithelia, The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 17, republished 2001, Joseph G. Gall, J. Richard McIntosh (editors), Landmark Papers...
  2. The zonule of Zinn.
    • The rim of a small-sized lens along with zonule is clearly seen through the fully dilated pupil.2004, E. Ahmed, A Textbook of Ophthalmology, page 270

Phrases with zonules

Questions about zonules

What is zonules the plural of?
Zonules is the plural of zonule.

Words near zonules in the dictionary

  1. zonulas
  2. zonule
  3. zonule of Zinn
  4. zonulectomies
  5. zonulectomy
  6. zonules
  7. zonules of Zinn
  8. zonulet
  9. zonulets
  10. zonulin
  11. zonulitis

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