"habenula" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: habenulae [plural], habenulæ [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin habenula, diminutive of habena. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|habenula}} Latin habenula Head templates: {{en-noun|habenulae|habenulæ}} habenula (plural habenulae or habenulæ)
  1. (neuroanatomy) A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus. Wikipedia link: habenula Holonyms: epithalamus Derived forms: habenular, habenular nucleus, lateral habenula Translations (mass of cells in the thalamus): aivo-ohjas (Finnish), habenula (Finnish), habenula [feminine] (French), abenula [feminine] (Italian), uzdeczka [feminine] (Polish), habénula [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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