habenula

Borrowed from Latin habenula, diminutive of habena.

habenula (plural habenulae or habenulæ)

1. (neuroanatomy) A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus.

• epithalamus

• habenular
• habenular nucleus
• lateral habenula

From habēna +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /haˈbeː.nu.la/, [häˈbeːnʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.nu.la/, [äˈbɛːnulä]

habēnula f (genitive habēnulae); first declension

1. a small strip of diseased flesh which is cut out from the body

First-declension noun.

• “habenula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• habenula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.