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fu⋅nic⋅u⋅lus

  [fyoo-nik-yuh-luhs]
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–noun, plural -li  [-lahy] .
1. Anatomy. a conducting cord, as a nerve cord or umbilical cord.
2. Botany. a funicle.
3. Entomology. (in certain insects) the portion of the antenna between the basal segments and the club.
Origin:
1655–65; < L: small rope, cord, equiv. to fūni(s) rope, line + -culus -cule 1
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fu·nic·u·lus   (fyŏŏ-nĭk'yə-ləs, fə-)   
n.   pl. fu·nic·u·li (-lī') also fu·ni·cles

  1. Anatomy A slender cordlike strand or band, especially:

    1. A bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.

    2. One of three major divisions of white matter in the spinal cord, consisting of fasciculi.

    3. The umbilical cord.

  2. Botany A stalk connecting an ovule or a seed with the placenta.


[Latin fūniculus, slender rope, diminutive of fūnis, rope.]
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Main Entry: fu·nic·u·lus
Pronunciation: fyu-'nik-y&-les, f&-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural fu·nic·u·li /-"lI, -"lE/
: any of various bodily structures more or less like a cord in form: as a : one of the longitudinalsubdivisions of white matter in each lateral half of the spinal cord —see ANTERIOR FUNICULUS, LATERAL FUNICULUS, POSTERIORFUNICULUS; —compare COLUMN a b : SPERMATIC CORD
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funiculus fu·nic·u·lus (fy&oobreve;-nĭk'yə-ləs, fə-) or fu·ni·cle (fy&oomacr;'nĭ-kəl)
n. pl. fu·nic·u·li (-lī') or fu·ni·cles

  1. A slender cordlike strand or band, especially a bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.

  2. Any of three major divisions of white matter in the spinal cord, consisting of fasciculi.

  3. The umbilical cord.

fu·nic'u·lar (-lər) adj.

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