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noun

Trapezium n. (pl. E. trapeziums, L. trapezia)

(Geom.) A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.

(Anat.)

(a)

A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.

(b)

A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

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Etymology of 'Trapezium'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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