n, pl  -li   :  any of various bodily structures more or less like a cord in form: as  a  :  one of the longitudinal subdivisions of white matter in each lateral half of the spinal cord - see ANTERIOR FUNICULUS LATERAL FUNICULUS POSTERIOR FUNICULUS  - compare COLUMNa    b  :  SPERMATIC CORD .
 
   
 
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