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A small beamlike or supporting structure within a tissue or organ framework.
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- a bony trabecula
- trabeculae in tissue
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A bony trabecula crossed the small cavity.
The image showed trabeculae supporting the surrounding tissue.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular trabecula; plural trabeculae. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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