habenula
noun
habenula is a noun meaning “A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-A-B-E-N-U-L-A, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of habenula is habenulae or habenulæ.
What does habenula mean?
noun
- 1
A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of habenula
- habenulae plural
- habenulæ plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is habenula?
Habenula appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Habenula in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mass of cells in the thalamus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | habenula |
| Spanish | habénula |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does habenula come from?
Borrowed from Latin habenula, diminutive of habena.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).