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Yes. The word zonula is a Scrabble US word. The word zonula is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word zonula is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

ZONULA,

5-letter words (2 found)

AZLON,ZONAL,

4-letter words (9 found)

AZON,LAZO,LOAN,LOUN,LUNA,NOUL,ULAN,ULNA,ZONA,

3-letter words (7 found)

ALU,AZO,LOU,LUN,LUZ,ZOA,ZOL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AL,AN,LA,LO,NA,NO,NU,ON,OU,UN,ZA,ZO,

You can make 31 words from zonula according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of zonula

zonula

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin zōnula (“small belt or girdle”).

Noun

zonula (plural zonulae or zonulas)

  1. (anatomy) Any of several small belt-like regions.

Derived terms

  • zonula adherens
  • zonula ciliaris
  • zonula occludens

See also

  • zonule

Anagrams

  • Lauzon

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of zōna (“belt”, “girdle”), formed as zōna +‎ -ula (suffix forming feminine diminutives).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈzoː.nu.la/, [ˈd̪͡z̪oːnʊɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡zo.nu.la/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːnulä]

Noun

zōnula f (genitive zōnulae); first declension

  1. a little or small belt or girdle
  2. (histology) junction
    Synonym: junctio

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

  • zōnālis
  • zōnārius
  • zōnātim

Descendants

  • English: zonula, zonule
  • Italian: zonula

References

  • “zōnŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zōnŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,702/2.

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