funiculus
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
funiculus /fjʊˈnɪkjʊləs/
▶noun (pl. funiculi /-lʌɪ, -liː/)
- 1 Anatomy a bundle of nerve fibres, especially forming one of the main tracts of white matter in the spinal cord.
- 2 another term for funicle.
– origin C17: from L., dimin. of funis ‘rope’.
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