Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A girdlelike marking or structure, such as a band or ridge, on an animal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, same as
collar , 2 . - noun The zone of a diatom frustule where the two halves are joined.
- noun [ML., ⟩ Sp. cíngulo = Pg. cingulo = It. cingolo.] Eccles., the girdle with which the alb of a priest is gathered in at the waist.
- noun In anatomy and zoology: A girdle, belt, or zone; also, the waist; some part constricted as if girdled.
- noun One of the zones of the carapace of an armadillo.
- noun A longitudinal bundle of white fibers in the gyrus fornicatus, arising from below the genu of the corpus callosum in front, and extending down behind into the gyrus hippocampi.
- noun In entomology, a belt-like mark; a transverse band of color.
- noun In annelids, same as
clitellum . - noun In pathology, herpes zoster, or shingles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
- noun The clitellus of earthworms.
- noun The base of the crown of a tooth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
ridge thatgirdles the base of an uppermolar tooth - noun zoology A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
- noun zoology The
clitellus ofearthworms .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
Etymologies
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Examples
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(b) The cingulum is a band of white matter contained within the cingulate gyrus.
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Various other objects from the tomb, including the stole (note the narrowness characteristic for the time) and the cingulum, the cuffs of the gauntlets, crosses from the pallium, and the lappets of the mitre:
Catholic Bamberg: The Vestments of Pope Clement II and Other Treasures from the Diocesan Museum 2009
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Paranympha in cubiculum adducta capillos ad cutem referebat; sponsus inde ad eam ingressus cingulum solvebat, nec prius sponsam aspexit interdiu quam ex illa factus esset pater.
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Circulate - us: having a cingulum or collar: see also cinetus.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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He wears a cylindrical helm, a hauberk, apparently hooded, a short surcote, and a broad cingulum.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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The white matter of the indusium known as the medial longitudinal striæ (nerves of Lancisi) and the lateral longitudinal striæ, are related to the indusium somewhat as the cingulum is to the gyrus cinguli.
IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918
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The cortical portions of these gyri are connected together by a thick association bundle, the cingulum, that lies buried in the depth of the gyrus cinguli extending forward to the parolfactory area and backward into the hippocampal region.
IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918
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Running in the substance of the cingulate and hippocampal gyri, and connecting them together, is a tract of arched fibers, named the cingulum (page 843).
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As the fornix passes beneath the corpus callosum it receives fibers from the longitudinal striæ of the indusium and from the cingulum; these are the perforating fibers of the fornix which pass through the corpus callosum and course in the fornix toward the mammillary body.
IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918
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The axons from the gyrus cinguli pass into the cingulum, many of them bifurcate, the anterior branches together with the axons which run in that direction are traceable as far forward as the anterior part of the septum pellucidum and the anterior end of the corpus striatum, where some of them are incorporated with projection fibers passing toward the internal capsule.
IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918
john commented on the word cingulum
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"Differs ... in the greater degree of cingular development on cheek teeth, especially molars."
- Daniel L Gebo, et al; A Hominoid Genus; Science (Washington, DC); Apr 18, 1997.
January 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word cingulum
"...still panting like a dog as they wound a cingulum round and round him and turned him on his side to dress the other wounds..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 199
OED elaborates:
The Latin word for ‘girdle, belt’ f. root of cingre to gird, occasionally used as a technical term for a. The girdle of a priest's alb. b. A surgical cincture or girdle; also the part of the body round which a girdle is worn, the waist. c. Anat. A band of dental substance surrounding the base of the crown of the tooth in some animals. d. Zool. The transverse series of bony bands in the armour of the armadillo. e. The clitellum or band of higher-coloured rings in the body of earthworms. f. Bot. (See quot. 1845.) g. Anat. A long curved bundle of association fibres lying within the cingulate gyrus of the brain and connecting the paraterminal and parahippocampal gyri.
February 29, 2008