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cingulum

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cin·gu·lum  (snggy-lm)
n. pl. cin·gu·la (-l) Biology
A girdlelike marking or structure, such as a band or ridge, on an animal.

[Latin, girdle, from cingere, to gird; see kenk- in Indo-European roots.]

cingu·late (-lt), cingu·lated (-ltd) adj.
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Noun1.cingulum - (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

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[17] The neurons receive afferences from the limbic system and the cingulum.
cum igitur nostra isthaec res litteraria nil alliud quam militia sit, justum valde existimamus ejus cingulum ab illustris prosapie viro, qualis tu es, humiliter petere.
 
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