habenan.
/həˈbiːnə/ Anatomy and Surgery.
1. Anatomy.
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1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 677 The pineal gland has no other connexion with the brain than that which these habenæ or peduncles secure for it.
2. Surgery. ‘Formerly applied to a bandage for keeping the lips of wounds together; a uniting bandage’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886).
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1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl.
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