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A little zone, or girdle; a zonula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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- 1963, M. G. Farquar, G. E. Palade, Junctional complexes in various epithelia, The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 17, republished 2001, Joseph G. Gall, J. Richard McIntosh (editors), Landmark Papers in Cell Biology, page 261, Each tight junction is followed by an adhering zonule extending between arrows 2 and 3 and, farther away, by a desmosome marked D. A condensation of finely fibrillar material occurs mainly along the adhering zonules on each side of the bile capillary.
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The zonule of Zinn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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- 2009, Frank W. Howes, 5.4: Indications for Lens Surgery / Indications for Application of Different Lens Surgery Techniques, Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker (editors), Ophthalmology, 3rd Edition, page 429, In most cases, the goal of this type of lens surgery is the same as that for eyes without a compromised zonule: to remove the contents of the capsular bag through a CCC and replace the contents with a foldable IOL.
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small beltlike zone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: zonula
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Broader terms: zone, zona
From Latin zōnula (“small belt or girdle”). By surface analysis, zone + -ule. Doublet of zonula.
