columella (redirected from columella cochleae)

col·u·mel·la  (kly-ml, kl-)

n. pl. col·u·mel·lae (-ml)

Any small columnlike structure in various plants and animals, often forming the central axis of development for the organism or an anatomical structure.

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[Latin, diminutive of columna, column; see column.]

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colu·mellar (-mlr) adj.

colu·mellate (-mlt) adj.

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columella [ˌkɒljʊˈmɛlə]

n pl -lae [-liː]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology

a.  the central part of the spore-producing body of some fungi and mosses

b.  any similar columnar structure

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Also called columella auris [ˈɔːrɪs] a small rodlike bone in the middle ear of frogs, reptiles, and birds that transmits sound to the inner ear: homologous to the mammalian stapes

[from Latin: diminutive of columna column]

columellar  adj

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columella - a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal pillar, tower, column - anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"