cinglet (singgl)

t. [ IMG:content-0429.png:[blocks in formation] cingulum (sing' gū-lum), n.; pl. cingula (-lä). [L. (ML. NL.): see cingle.] 1. [ML., > Sp. cingulo =Pg. cingulo = It. cingolo.] Eccles., the girdle with which the alb of a priest is gathered in at the waist.-2. [NL.] In an at. and zoöl.: (a) A girdle, belt, or zone; also, the waist; some part constricted as if girdled. Specifically (1) The neck of a tooth, or the constriction separating the crown from the fang. A band of dental substance (termed the cingulum ) may surround the tooth, and even in man's own order (Primates) may develop small acce ory cusps which project downwards external to the two outer of the four principal Mivart , Elem. Anat., p. 264. cusps. (2) One of the zones of the carapace of an armadillo. (b) A longitudinal bundle of white fibers in the gyrus fornicatus, arising from below the genu of the corpus callosum in front, and extending down behind into the gyrus hippocampi. (c) In entom., a belt-like mark; a transverse band of color. Say.-3. [NL.] In annelids, same as clitellum.-4. [NL.] In pathol., herpes zoster, or shingles.