zonular, adj.

zonular
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zonularadjective

## Earlier version

- zonular, a. in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zonular mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zonular. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the adjective zonular?

About 0.06occurrences per million words in modern written English

1830 | 0.019
1840 | 0.022
1850 | 0.024
1860 | 0.029
1870 | 0.033
1880 | 0.038
1890 | 0.038
1900 | 0.042
1910 | 0.045
1920 | 0.049
1930 | 0.051
1940 | 0.053
1950 | 0.056
1960 | 0.059
1970 | 0.058
1980 | 0.057
1990 | 0.057
2000 | 0.053
2010 | 0.052

### How is the adjective zonular pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzəʊnjʊlə/

### Where does the adjective zonular come from?

Earliest known use

1830s

The earliest known use of the adjective zonular is in the 1830s.

OED's earliest evidence for zonular is from around 1835–6, in Todd's Cyclopædia of Anatomy & Physiology.

zonular is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element.

Etymons: Latin zōnula, ‑ar suffix1.

### Nearby entries

1. zonk, v. 1950–
2. zonk, int. 1949–
3. zonked, adj. 1959–
4. zonkey, n. 1953–
5. zonking, adj. 1958–
6. zonky, adj. 1972–
7. zono-, comb. form
8. zonochlorite, n. 1872–
9. zonociliate, adj. 1885–
10. zonoplacental, adj. 1879–
11. zonular, adj.1835–
12. zonule, n. 1828–
13. zonulet, n. 1648
14. zonure, n. 1883–
15. zoo, n. 1835–
16. zoo-, comb. form
17. zooarchaeological, adj. 1962–
18. zooarchaeologist, n. 1957–
19. zooarchaeology, n. 1967–
20. zoobenthos, n. 1923–
21. zoocarp, n. 1824–88

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element.
Etymons: Latin zōnula, ‑ar suffix1.
< modern Latin zōnula zonule n. + ‑ar suffix1.

## Meaning & use

Anatomy and Pathology.

1. 1835–
   Pertaining to or forming a zonule or little zone; zonal, zonary; spec. belonging to or affecting the zonule of Zinn.
   1. 1835–6

      > The Pigeon..having the gastric glands..arranged in a zonular form.

      Todd's Cyclopædia of Anatomy & Physiology vol. I. 320/1
   2. 1876

      > Zonular or lamellar cataract is either congenital or commences soon after birth.

      T. Bryant, Practice of Surgery (ed. 2) vol. I. viii. 354
   life sciences anatomy pathology
   1. coron 1555–
      Perhaps: = coronal, adj.
   2. annular 1578–
      Anatomy and Medicine. Of a (normal or abnormal) part of the body, lesion of the skin, etc.: having the shape of a ring; forming a ring. Also: of or…
   3. orbicular 1615–
      Anatomy and Zoology. Annular; spec. designating any of various muscles surrounding, and having the function of constricting, an opening of the body…
   4. coronal 1656
      Anatomy and Zoology. = coronary, adj. A.3a. Obsolete.
   5. coronary 1686–
      Anatomy. ‘Applied to vessels, ligaments, and nerves which encircle parts like a crown’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon), or to parts in connection with…
   6. zonular 1835–
      Pertaining to or forming a zonule or little zone; zonal, zonary; spec. belonging to or affecting the zonule of Zinn.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzəʊnjʊlə/

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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## Frequency

zonular typically occurs about 0.06 times per million words in modern written English.

zonular is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zonular, adj., 1830–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1830 | 0.019
1840 | 0.022
1850 | 0.024
1860 | 0.029
1870 | 0.033
1880 | 0.038
1890 | 0.038
1900 | 0.042
1910 | 0.045
1920 | 0.049
1930 | 0.051
1940 | 0.053
1950 | 0.056
1960 | 0.059
1970 | 0.058
1980 | 0.057
1990 | 0.057
2000 | 0.053
2010 | 0.052

zonular, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zonular, adj. was last modified in December 2024.