"gyrus" meaning in English

See gyrus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/ Forms: gyri [plural], gyruses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre. Etymology templates: {{borrowed|en|la|gȳrus|gloss=circle}} Latin gȳrus (“circle”), {{der|en|grc|γῦρος}} Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros), {{doublet|en|gyro|gyre}} Doublet of gyro and gyre Head templates: {{en-noun|gyri|+}} gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)
  1. (anatomy) A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain. Wikipedia link: gyrus Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: gyre [dated] Related terms: girus Coordinate_terms: sulcus Translations (anatomy): зві́ліна (zvílina) [feminine] (Belarusian), изви́вка (izvívka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), circumvolució [feminine] (Catalan), 腦回 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑回 (nǎohuí) (Chinese Mandarin), (huí) (Chinese Mandarin), závit [masculine] (Czech), gyrus [masculine] (Dutch), hersenwinding [feminine] (Dutch), aivopoimu (Finnish), circonvolution cérébrale [feminine] (French), gyrus [masculine] (French), Gyrus [masculine] (German), 脳回 (nōkai) (alt: のうかい) (Japanese), 뇌회 (noehoe) (Korean), giro [masculine] (Portuguese), circunvolução [feminine] (Portuguese), convolução [feminine] (Portuguese), изви́лина (izvílina) [feminine] (Russian), вијуга [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vijuga [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), зви́вина (zvývyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hồi não (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-gyrus-en-noun-D~-kxSP2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Derived forms: angular gyrus, cingulate gyrus, dentate gyrus, fornicate gyrus, frontal gyrus, fusiform gyrus, gyrification, gyriform, gyrus rectus, Heschl's gyrus, hippocampal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, infracalcarine gyrus, lingual gyrus, macrogyria, microgyria, middle frontal gyrus, occipital gyrus, occipitotemporal gyrus, orbital gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, polygyria, polymicrogyria, postcentral gyrus, precentral gyrus, superior frontal gyrus, superior temporal gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, temporal gyrus, transverse temporal gyrus

Inflected forms

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