cingulum
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- cingular adjective
- cingulate adjective
- cingulated adjective
Etymology
Origin of cingulum
1835–45; < Latin: girdle, zone, equivalent to cing- (stem of cingere to gird; cincture ) + -ulum -ule
Example Sentences
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The diagnosis: herpes zoster, known colloquially as shingles, from the Latin cingulum, for belt or girdle.
From Time Magazine Archive
The diagnosis: herpes zoster, known colloquially as shingles, from the Latin cingulum, for belt or girdle.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the deciduous P4 the anterior cingulum is projected strongly anteriorly forming the apex of the sharpest angle of a triangle, whereas the permanent P4 is trapezoidal in occlusal pattern.
From Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming by White, John A.
From B. minimus, B. sawrockensis differs in: incisor less procumbent; masseteric ridge extending farther anteriorly; anterior cingulum of m2 slightly larger.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.
There is in addition to these cusps a distinct basal cingulum, most prominent in the region of the heel.
From On The Affinities of Leptarctus primus of Leidy American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VI, Article VIII, pp. 229-331. by Wortman, Jacob Lawson
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