tra·bec·u·la 
(trə-bĕkyə-lə)
(trə-bĕkyə-lə)n. pl. tra·bec·u·lae (-lē′)
1. Any of the supporting strands of connective tissue projecting into an organ and constituting part of the framework of that organ.
2. Any of the fine spicules forming a network in cancellous bone.
[Latin trabēcula, little beam or bar, diminutive of trabs, trab-, beam; see treb- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
tra·becu·lar adj.
- Indo-European root: perkwu-
- Indo-European root: perə-
- Indo-European root: perə-
- Indo-European root: pes-
- Indo-European root: pet-
- Indo-European root: petə-
- Indo-European root: peuk-
- Indo-European root: peuə-
- Indo-European root: pezd-
- Indo-European root: plat-
- Indo-European root: plek-
- Indo-European root: pleu-
- Indo-European root: plāk-
- Indo-European root: plāk-
- Indo-European root: pneu-
- Indo-European root: porko-
- Indo-European root: poti-
- Indo-European root: prek-
- Indo-European root: preus-
- Indo-European root: prī-
- Indo-European root: pā-
- Indo-European root: pāl-
- Indo-European root: pē(i)-
- Indo-European root: pō(i)-
- Indo-European root: pū̆-