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Noun [English]

Forms: zonulae [plural], zonulas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin zōnula (“small belt or girdle”). Doublet of zonule. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|zōnula||small belt or girdle}} Borrowed from Latin zōnula (“small belt or girdle”), {{doublet|en|zonule}} Doublet of zonule Head templates: {{en-noun|zonulae|s}} zonula (plural zonulae or zonulas)
  1. (anatomy) Any of several small belt-like regions. Derived forms: zonula adherens, zonula ciliaris, zonula occludens, zonulin Related terms: zonule
    Sense id: en-zonula-en-noun-bSYACtjw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Anatomy, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 6 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 5 17 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈzoː.nʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈd͡zɔː.nu.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Diminutive form of zōna (“belt”, “girdle”), formed as zōna + -ula (suffix forming feminine diminutives). Etymology templates: {{af|la|zōna|-ulus|alt2=-ula}} zōna + -ula Head templates: {{la-noun|zōnula<1>}} zōnula f (genitive zōnulae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|zōnula<1>}} Forms: zōnula [canonical, feminine], zōnulae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], zōnula [nominative, singular], zōnulae [nominative, plural], zōnulae [genitive, singular], zōnulārum [genitive, plural], zōnulae [dative, singular], zōnulīs [dative, plural], zōnulam [accusative, singular], zōnulās [accusative, plural], zōnulā [ablative, singular], zōnulīs [ablative, plural], zōnula [singular, vocative], zōnulae [plural, vocative]
  1. a little or small belt or girdle Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-zonula-la-noun-zYu9EqQY Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ulus Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ulus: 62 38
  2. (histology) junction Tags: declension-1 Synonyms: junctio
    Sense id: en-zonula-la-noun--~3xhgOP Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 48 52 Topics: biology, histology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: zōnālis, zōnārius, zōnātim

Inflected forms

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      "links": [
        [
          "junction",
          "junction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(histology) junction"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "junctio"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "histology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈzoː.nʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd͡zɔː.nu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zonula"
}

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