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Fimbria
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Fim′bri-a
,Noun.
pl.
Fimbriæ
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. [L., fringe. See
Fringle
.] (Anat.)
(a)
pl.
A fringe, or fringed border.
(b)
A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain.
– Fim′bri-al
(#)
, Adj.
Definition 2024
fimbria
fimbria
English
Noun
fimbria (plural fimbriae or fimbriæ)
- (anatomy) Any anatomical structure in the form of a fringe, but especially that around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
Latin
Etymology
Found in Late Latin and Vulgar Latin. From fimbriae.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfim.bri.a/, [ˈfɪm.bri.a]
Noun
fimbria f (genitive fimbriae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fimbria | fimbriae |
| genitive | fimbriae | fimbriārum |
| dative | fimbriae | fimbriīs |
| accusative | fimbriam | fimbriās |
| ablative | fimbriā | fimbriīs |
| vocative | fimbria | fimbriae |
Derived terms
Descendants
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References
- fimbria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fimbria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- fimbria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fimbria in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray