antrum

English

Cardiac antrum and pyloric antrum

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin antrum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tɹəm/

Noun

antrum (plural antrums or antra)

1. (biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.

Related terms

• antral

Translations

bodily cavity

• Catalan: antre (ca) m
• French: antre (fr) m
• German: Höhle (de) f
• Irish: antúr m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: antro (pt) m
• Spanish: antro (es)
• Tagalog: guwang

Further reading

• “antrum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “antrum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Truman, Turman, natrum

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.trum/, [ˈän̪t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.trum/, [ˈän̪t̪rum]

Noun

antrum n (genitive antrī); second declension

1. cave, cavern
2. cavity, hollow
3. tomb

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antrum	antra
Genitive	antrī	antrōrum
Dative	antrō	antrīs
Accusative	antrum	antra
Ablative	antrō	antrīs
Vocative	antrum	antra

Descendants

• Catalan: antre
• English: antrum
• French: antre
• Galician: antro
• Italian: antro
• Portuguese: antro
• Spanish: antro

References

• “antrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• antrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• antrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.