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fur⋅cate

  [adj. fur-keyt, -kit; v. fur-keyt] adjective, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. forked; branching.
–verb (used without object)
2. to form a fork; branch.
Origin:
1810–20; < ML furcātus cloven. See fork, -ate 1

Related forms:
fur⋅ca⋅tion  [fer-key-shuhn] , noun
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fur·cate   (fûr'kāt')   
intr.v.   fur·cat·ed, fur·cat·ing, fur·cates
To divide into branches; fork.
adj.  Divided into branches; forked.

[Late Latin furcātus, forked, from Latin furca, fork.]
fur'cate'ly adv., fur·ca'tion n.
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Medical Dictionary

furcation fur·ca·tion (fûr-kā'shən)
n.

  1. A forking, or a forklike part or branch.

  2. The region of a multirooted tooth at which the root divides.

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