🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

소운대

Pronunciation / Transliteration: soun-dae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Zonule/ˈzɒn.juːl/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"수정체를 지지하는 소운대는 눈의 조절에 관여합니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small band, zone, or girdle, especially the suspensory ligament of the lens of the eye (zonule of Zinn).

    "Damage to the delicate zonules can cause the lens of the eye to shift out of alignment."
  2. 2

    In anatomy and zoology, any narrow band or circular zone.

    "The ciliary zonule holds the crystalline lens in position behind the iris."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Modern Latin 'zonula', which is a diminutive of the Latin 'zona' meaning 'belt' or 'zone', combined with the diminutive suffix '-ula'. It entered English medical and anatomical terminology in the late 19th century to describe small, band-like structures such as the suspensory ligament of the eye lens.

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