Dictionary

funiculus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fjʊˈnɪk.jʊl.əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /fjʊˈnɪk.jəl.əs/ (General-American)
• /fəˈnɪk.jəl.əs/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis (“rope, cord”) + -culus.

Meanings

1. Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.
2. A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta.
   • The elaiosome emerges from the funiculus.

Forms

Deriveds

funiculitis

Synonyms

umbilical cord · funicle

Translations (12)

ca funicle (cordlike structure) · fi funikkeli (cordlike structure) · it funicolo (stalk) · it funicolo (cordlike structure) · fi varsi (stalk) · pl sznur (cordlike structure) · fi funikkeli (stalk) · pl sznureczek (stalk) · fr funicule (cordlike structure) · hu gerincvelő fehérállományának kötege (cordlike structure) · fi nuora (cordlike structure) · es funículo (cordlike structure)