caruncula
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”). Doublet of caruncle.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈɹʌŋ.kjəl.ə/
Noun
[edit]caruncula (plural carunculae)
- (anatomy, zootomy, botany) Synonym of caruncle.
- 1982, Sherrell J. Aston, Albert Hornblass, Murray A. Meltzer, et al., editors, Third International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eye and Adnexa, Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins Co., →ISBN, page 116:
- Even without mobilization of the bone, the median eyelid angle can be deplaced in the nasal direction. For this purpose, we inserted a heart-shaped cartilage implant, curved toward the caruncula.
References
[edit]- “caruncula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From carō (“flesh”) + -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈrun.ku.la/, [käˈrʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈrun.ku.la/, [käˈruŋkulä]
Noun
[edit]caruncula f (genitive carunculae); first declension
- diminutive of carō: little piece of flesh.
Inflection
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | caruncula | carunculae |
genitive | carunculae | carunculārum |
dative | carunculae | carunculīs |
accusative | carunculam | carunculās |
ablative | carunculā | carunculīs |
vocative | caruncula | carunculae |
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: carúncula
- → English: caruncula
- → Old French: caruncule
- → English: caruncle
- → Spanish: carúncula
References
[edit]- “caruncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caruncula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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