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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Retinaculum
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(1):
(n.) A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves.
(2):
(n.) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
(3):
(n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
(4):
(n.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.