"sulcus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌl.kəs/ Forms: sulci [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌlkəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sulcus (“a furrow made by a plow”). Doublet of sullow ("plough"). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|sulcus||a furrow made by a plow}} Latin sulcus (“a furrow made by a plow”), {{doublet|en|sullow}} Doublet of sullow, {{gloss|"plough"}} ("plough") Head templates: {{en-noun|sulci}} sulcus (plural sulci)
  1. (anatomy) A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue, especially that marking the convolutions of the surface of the brain. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: fissure Translations (furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue): تَلَم (talam) [masculine] (Arabic), вдлъбнатина (vdlǎbnatina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), бразда (brazda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), zářez [masculine] (Czech), rýha [feminine] (Czech), brázda [feminine] (Czech), sulko (Esperanto), uurre (Finnish), Furche [feminine] (German), barázda (Hungarian), ryha [feminine] (Slovak) Translations (groove on the surface of the brain): ثَلْم (ṯalm) [masculine] (Arabic), мозъчна гънка (mozǎčna gǎnka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aivouurre (Finnish), barázda (Hungarian), agybarázda (Hungarian), sulco [masculine] (Portuguese), бра́зда [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), brázda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), surco [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sulcus-en-noun-CB1-oycu Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue': 87 13 Disambiguation of 'groove on the surface of the brain': 71 29
  2. (planetology) A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process. Categories (topical): Planetology
    Sense id: en-sulcus-en-noun-YY5xg7Yf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, planetology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hemisulcus, hyposulcus, intermammary sulcus, pseudosulcus, sulcal, sulcate, sulciform, sulcus cutis

Inflected forms

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