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caruncula

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9 lettersPronunciation /kəˈɹʌŋ.kjəl.ə/Part of speech nounSorted aacclnruuStarts with CEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”). Doublet of caruncle.

Used in a sentence

  • Even without mobilization of the bone, the median eyelid angle can be deplaced in the nasal direction. For this purpose, we inserted a heart-shaped cartilage implant, curved toward the caruncula.

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