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Definition of: flabellum
(flə·bel′əm) noun plural ·la (-ə)
1. A fan, especially one used ceremonially in the Greek and Roman Catholic churches.
2. Any fan–shaped structure.
3. Anat. A group of fibers radiating from the corpus striatum of. the brain. [<L, fan]
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