funiculus (English, noun)
expansion: funiculus (plural funiculi)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta.
Forms:
form: funiculi
tags: plural