English

Cardiac antrum and pyloric antrum

Noun

antrum ‎(plural antrums or antra)

1. (biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.

Translations

Related terms

• antral

External links

• antrum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• antrum in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄντρον ‎(ántron, “cave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.trum/, [ˈan.trũ]

Noun

antrum n ‎(genitive antrī); second declension

1. cave, cavern
2. cavity, hollow
3. tomb

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: antrum
• French: antre
• Italian: antro
• Portuguese antro
• Spanish: antro

References

• antrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ANTRUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “antrum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.