habenula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin habenula, diminutive of habena. === Noun === habenula (plural habenulae or habenulæ) (neuroanatomy) A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus. ==== Holonyms ==== epithalamus ==== Derived terms ==== habenular habenular nucleus lateral habenula ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From habēna +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [haˈbeː.nʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈbɛː.nu.la] === Noun === habēnula f (genitive habēnulae); first declension a small strip of diseased flesh which is cut out from the body ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “habenula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “habenula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.