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floc⋅cu⋅lus

[flok-yuh-luhs]
–noun, plural -li [-lahy] .
1. floccule.
2. Astronomy. one of the bright or dark patches on the sun's surface, visible in a spectroheliogram.

Origin:
1790–1800; < NL; see floccule
floc·cu·lus   (flŏk'yə-ləs)   
n.   pl. floc·cu·li (-lī')
  1. A small fluffy mass or tuft.
  2. Anatomy Either of two small lobes on the lower posterior border of the cerebellum.
  3. Astronomy Any of various cloudlike masses of gases appearing as bright or dark patches on the surface of the sun.

[New Latin, diminutive of Latin floccus, tuft of wool.]

Flocculus

Floc"cu*lus\, n.; pl. Flocculi. [NL., dim. of L. floccus a lock or flock of wool.] (Anat.) A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.

Main Entry: floc·cu·lus
Pronunciation: -l&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural floc·cu·li /-"lI, -"lE/
: a small irregular lobe on the undersurface of each hemisphere of the cerebellum that is linked with the corresponding side of the nodulus by a peduncle

flocculus floc·cu·lus (flŏk'yə-ləs)
n. pl. floc·cu·li (-lī')

  1. A small fluffy mass or tuft.
  2. Either of a pair of small lobes on the posterior border of the cerebellum, forming part of the vestibular part of the cerebellum.

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