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sulcus
[ suhl-kuhs ]
noun
, plural sul·ci [suhl, -sahy].
- a furrow or groove.
- Anatomy. a groove or fissure, especially a fissure between two convolutions of the brain.
sulcus
/ ˈsʌlkəs /
noun
- a linear groove, furrow, or slight depression
- any of the narrow grooves on the surface of the brain that mark the cerebral convolutions Compare fissure
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Other Words From
- sub·sulcus noun plural subsulci
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sulcus1
1655–65; Latin: furrow
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sulcus1
C17: from Latin
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Example Sentences
It is then carried across the sulcus and is made to emerge through the opposite lip of the cervix.
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Median line with a sulcus on each side; central area quadrate.
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The single median sulcus on the anterior face of each incisor is typical of the genus Cratogeomys.
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It is rather robust, very much recurved and grooved by a deep vertical sulcus upon its antero-internal face.
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Sulcus longitudinalis in superiore latere perforatus serie punctorum.
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