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funiculus.

Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.

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Meaning & usage

noun/fjʊˈnɪk.jʊl.əs/Received-Pronunciation/fjʊˈnɪk.jəl.əs/General-American/fəˈnɪk.jəl.əs/General-American
  1. Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.

  2. A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta.

    The elaiosome emerges from the funiculus.
Where this word comes from

From Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis (“rope, cord”) + -culus.

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