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gyrus

[ jahy-ruhs ]

noun

, Anatomy.
, plural gy·ri [jahy, -rahy].
  1. a convolution, especially of the brain.


gyrus

/ ˈdʒaɪrəs /

noun

  1. another name for convolution


gyrus

/ rəs /

, Plural gyri

  1. A rounded ridge, as on the surfaces of the cerebral hemispheres.


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Other Words From

  • sub·gyrus noun plural subgyri

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gyrus1

1835–45; < Latin gȳrus; gyre

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gyrus1

C19: from Latin; see gyre

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Example Sentences

Latin, gyrus, the ring in which colts are driven round by horse-breakers.

The calcarine fissure passed completely across the gyrus frontitatus on both sides in two cases, on one side in four cases.

This condition is asserted by many physicians to be referable to destruction of part of the angular gyrus.

Electric stimuli applied to a part of the uppermost temporal gyrus excites movements of the ears and eyes in the dog.

This region of the cortex occupies in the Primates, including Man, the pre-central gyrus.

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