A small fig or fig-like object; a small anatomical structure (medical/botanical term).
From Latin 'ficula', diminutive of 'ficus' (fig tree or fig fruit). The '-ula' suffix creates diminutive forms indicating something small or reduced.
In anatomy, 'ficula' refers to small fig-shaped structures or appendages—the word literally means 'little fig,' which is how anatomists named things by shape before we had microscopes.
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