Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a filament in the brain which runs from the conarium forward on the optic thalamus on either side, forming the peduncle of the pineal body. Also called
habenula . - noun In surgery, a form of bandage designed to keep the sides of a wound together.
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- noun A restricting
bandage orfrenum
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«Refte ne ventoT vetis vocare 'dicU eniius: nondum habena ah tur qui extendit vela ad re« nnis (idttciam. ci | »iefi'dum ventum j et aifi ipo, Vid.
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera varietate lectionis et perpetva adnotatione illvstrata, a Chr. Gottl ... 1788
missanthropist commented on the word habena
Latin} Reins, strap.
July 9, 2008