the apparent extremities of planetary rings, esp those of Saturn, when viewed from such a perspective that they look like handles
2. anatomy
any of several features of the nervous system shaped in a loop
ansa in American English
(ˈænsə)
nounWord forms: plural-sae (-si)
1. Archaeology
a looped handle, esp. of a vase
2. Astronomy
either of the apparent extremities of the rings of Saturn or of other planets, esp. when viewed from the earth or from spacecraft under certain conditions, when they look like two handles
Word origin
[1655–65; ‹ L]This word is first recorded in the period 1655–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: flip-flop, intensity, loaded, mechanism, risk
Examples of 'ansa' in a sentence
ansa
Selective synthesis of rac-isomers of ansa-zirconocenes are surveyed.
Takeshi Shiono, Yuushou Nakayama 2005, 'Developments of Chiral Metallocenes as Polymerization Catalysts', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/10/6/620/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The origin of the lesion from ansa cervicalis was confirmed by intraoperative finding.
Satyajit Rath, Prakash K. Sasmal, Kaushik Saha, N. Deep, Pritinanda Mishra, TusharS. Mishra, Rakesh Sharma 2015, 'Ancient Schwannoma of Ansa Cervicalis: A Rare Clinical Entity and Review of the Literature',Case Reports in Surgeryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/578467. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A laryngeal reinnervation was performed at the same time, using the ansa hypoglossi.
Eric Verin, Capucine Morelot-Panzini, Jesus Gonzalez-Bermejo, Benoit Veber, BrigittePerrouin Verbe, Brigitte Soudrie, Anne Marie Leroi, Jean Paul Marie, Thomas Similowski 2017, 'Reinnervation of the diaphragm by the inferior laryngeal nerve to the phrenic nervein ventilator-dependent tetraplegic patients with C3-5 damage', ERJ Open Researchhttp://openres.ersjournals.com/content/3/4/00052-2017.full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The right recurrent laryngeal nerve injury was repaired with a 4-cm nerve graft from the right ansa cervicalis.
Seong Hoon Park, Joo Hyun Kim, Jun Won Lee, Hii Sun Jeong, Dong Jin Lee, Byung ChunKim, In Suck Suh 2017, 'Is Robot-Assisted Surgery Really Scarless Surgery? Immediate Reconstruction with aJejunal Free Flap for Esophageal Rupture after Robot-Assisted Thyroidectomy', Archives of Plastic Surgeryhttp://www.e-aps.org/upload/pdf/aps-2017-00941.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It communicates with the ansa cervicalis.
Eghtesadi M, Leroux E, Vargas-Schaffer G 2017, 'A case report of complex auricular neuralgia treated with the great auricular nerveand facet blocks', Journal of Pain Researchhttps://www.dovepress.com/a-case-report-of-complex-auricular-neuralgia-treated-with-the-great-au-peer-reviewed-article-JPR. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)