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island of Reil

  [rahyl]
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–noun Anatomy.
insula.
Origin:
named after J. C. Reil (d. 1813), German physician
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in⋅su⋅la

  [in-suh-luh, ins-yuh-]
–noun, plural -lae  [-lee] . Anatomy.
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
Also called Island of Reil.

Origin:
1825–35; < NL, L: island; cf. isle
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Main Entry: in·su·la
Pronunciation: 'in(t)s-(y)&-l&, 'in-sh&-l&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural in·su·lae /-"lE, -"lI/
: the lobe in the center of the cerebral hemisphere that is situated deeply between the lips of the sylvian fissure called alsocentral lobe, island of Reil

Main Entry: island of Reil
Pronunciation: -'rI(&)l
Function: noun
: INSULA
Reil, Johann Christian (1759–1813), German anatomist. Reil was a leading medical educator and clinician. He described the island of Reil in 1796.
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insula in·su·la (ĭn'sə-lə, ĭns'yə-)
n. pl. -lae (-lē')

  1. Island.

  2. A circumscribed body or patch on the skin.

  3. See island of Reil.

island of Reil (rīl)
n.
An oval region of the cerebral cortex, lateral to the lentiform nucleus, and buried in the fissure of sylvius.. Also called insula.

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