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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin zōnula (“small belt or girdle”).
Noun
zonula (plural zonulae or zonulas)
- (anatomy) Any of several small belt-like regions.
1883, Half-yearly compendium of medical science, volumes 31-34, page 146:The zonula originates by a small number of delicate fibres from the vitreous .
1980, Yves Le Grand, Sami G. El Hage, Physiological Optics, page 95:Nevertheless, the zonula is most often considered as the principal agent of transmission.
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Latin
Etymology
Diminutive form of zōna (“belt”, “girdle”), formed as zōna + -ula (suffix forming feminine diminutives).
Pronunciation
Noun
zōnula f (genitive zōnulae); first declension
- a little or small belt or girdle
- (histology) junction
- Synonym: junctio
Declension
First-declension noun.
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References
- “zōnŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zōnŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,702/2.