‖ habena Anat. and Surg.
(həˈbiːnə)
[L. habēna thong, rein, f. habēre to hold.]
1. Anat. a. = frænum. b. = habenula.
| 1839–47 Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 677 The pineal gland has no other connexion with the brain than that which these habenæ or peduncles secure for it. |
2. Surg. ‘Formerly applied to a bandage for keeping the lips of wounds together; a uniting bandage’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886).
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. |