English

Noun

habenula ‎(plural habenulae or habenulæ)

1. (anatomy) A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus

Derived terms

• habenular
• habenular nucleus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /haˈbeː.nu.la/, [haˈbeː.nʊ.ɫa]

Noun

habēnula f ‎(genitive habēnulae); first declension

1. a small strip of diseased flesh which is cut out from the body

Inflection

First declension.

References

• habenula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “habenula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.