Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small zone, as of a ligament.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little zone, belt, or band; a zonula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little zone, or girdle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A little
zone , orgirdle ; azonula .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small beltlike zone
Etymologies
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From zonula, probably influenced by diminutive suffix -ule ("diminutive suffix").
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Examples
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The portion in front of the ora serrata is thickened by the accession of radial fibers and is termed the zonula ciliaris (zonule of Zinn).
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 2. The Refracting Media 1918
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