'Trabecula' definitions:
Definition of 'trabecula'
(from WordNet)
noun
Rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)
Definition of 'Trabecula'
From: GCIDE
- Trabecula \Tra*bec"u*la\, n.; pl. Trabeculae (-l[=e]). [L., a little beam.] (Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part. [1913 Webster]