Retinaculum is a 11 letter word which starts with the letter R and ends with the letter M for which we found 4 definitions.
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(n.) A connecting band; a fraenum; as the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves. |
(n.) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints as at the wrist and ankle. |
(n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms. |
(n.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants. |