‖ habenula Anat.
(həˈbɛnjʊlə)
[L. habēnula small thong; hence, small strip of flesh cut out of a wound (Celsus).]
‘A small, superficial, grey nucleus of the optic thalamus, situated above and in front of the entrance of the posterior commissure.’
| 1876 Quain's Elem. Anat. (ed. 8) II. 551 A collection of grey matter..called the ganglion of the peduncle of the pineal gland (ganglion of the habenula). |
Hence haˈbenular a., ‘ribbon-like; floating like a thong’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886).