Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A. branchlet; a small spray.
  • noun In anatomy, a ramulus, branchlet, or twig, as of the arteries of the pia mater, which penetrate the substance of the brain.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Nat. Hist.) A small ramus, or branch.

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  • noun A small ramus, or branch.

Etymologies

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Latin ramusculus.

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