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

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