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Webster 1913 Edition


Funiculus

‖

Fu-nic′u-lus

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Funiculi
(#)
.
[L., a little cord. See
Funicle
.]
1.
(Anat.)
A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.
(b)
In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See
Bryozoa
, and
Phylactolema
.