antrum
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”). Doublet of antre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]antrum (plural antrums or antra)
- (biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.
- 1964, GFF - Volume 86, page 343:
- In forms with a modified outer antral fence, both this and the adjacent distal band of the domiciliar wall may be concave and form the antrum (Figs. 6 J-K; 7 B), and in some forms the antrum apparently is formed by the dolon alone (dolonal antrum).
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]bodily cavity
Further reading
[edit]- “antrum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “antrum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈan.trum/, [ˈän̪t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.trum/, [ˈän̪t̪rum]
Noun
[edit]antrum n (genitive antrī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | antrum | antra |
genitive | antrī | antrōrum |
dative | antrō | antrīs |
accusative | antrum | antra |
ablative | antrō | antrīs |
vocative | antrum | antra |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “antrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “antrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- antrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- antrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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