The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trabeculae
Trabecula \Tra*bec"u*la\, n.; pl. Trabecul[ae] (-l[=e]). [L., a little beam.] (Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.
Wiktionary
trabeculae
n. (plural of trabecula English)
WordNet
trabecula
n. rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)
[also: trabeculae (pl)]
trabeculae
See trabecula
Usage examples of "trabeculae".
Rosenberg thought there was a danger of her inner spongy bone, the trabeculae, vanishing altogether, without hope of regeneration.