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tentorium

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ten tôr′ē əm, -tōr′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ten•to•ri•um  (ten tôr′ē əm, -tōr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -to•ri•a 
    (-tôr′ē ə, -tōr′-).USA pronunciation 
  1. Anatomyan extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
  2. Zoology(of an insect) the internal skeleton of the head.
  • Neo-Latin tentōrium, Latin: tent, equivalent. to ten(dere) to extend, stretch + -tōrium -tory2
  • 1655–65
ten•to′ri•al, adj. 

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