Cingulum
The cingulum ( Latin cingulum , belt ) is used to describe:
- the belt on the robe of a cleric or a member of a religious order, see Zingulum
- the belt of Roman soldiers, see Cingulum militare
- an ancient city in Picenum, today's Cingoli
- in anatomy:
- Cingulum membri thoracici , the shoulder girdle
- Cingulum membri pelvini , the pelvic girdle
- Cingulate gyrus , a belt-shaped structure in the brain
- a protruding bead of tooth enamel on the tooth
- the transverse furrow of dinoflagellates
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Wiktionary: Cingulum - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations