Words Like CINGULUM

We have put together a list of words that are similar to CINGULUM.

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10 definitions of cingulum

1 A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth
2 A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
3 The clitellus of earthworms.
4 [ML., ⟩ Sp. cíngulo = Pg. cingulo = It. cingolo.] Eccles., the girdle with which the alb of a priest is gathered in at the waist.
5 In anatomy and zoology: A girdle, belt, or zone; also, the waist; some part constricted as if girdled.
6 One of the zones of the carapace of an armadillo.
7 A longitudinal bundle of white fibers in the gyrus fornicatus, arising from below the genu of the corpus callosum in front, and extending down behind into the gyrus hippocampi.
8 In entomology, a belt-like mark; a transverse band of color.
9 In annelids, same as clitellum.
10 In pathology, herpes zoster, or shingles.
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