SOLENARIUM
\sə͡ʊlnˈe͡əɹi͡əm], \səʊlnˈeəɹiəm], \s_əʊ_l_n_ˈeə_ɹ_iə_m]\
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An instrument of surgery, representing a kind of gutter, in the cavity of which the penis was placed, like a limb in a cradle. The word Solen itself, Cana'lis- was used, in antiquity, for a grooved channel or cradle, in which a fractured limb was placed.
By Robley Dunglison
