See Also: Columella(medicine)
columella(dictionary)
columella auris(medicine)
columella cochleae(medicine)
columella nasi(medicine)

columella (iou)



columella noun. . L16.
[Latin: see COLUMEL.]
A structure or organ resembling a small column; esp. (a) the uvula; (b) the axis of the cochlea; (c) the axis of a spiral shell; (d) Botany the axis of a fruit composed of several carpels; the axis of the spore-producing body of certain plants; (e) Zoology one of the ossicles of the middle ear of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
columellar adjective E19.