gyrus
English
Etymology
From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒaɪɹəs/
Noun
gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)
- (anatomy) A ridge or fold on the cerebral cortex.
Derived terms
- cingulate gyrus
- dentate gyrus
- fornicate gyrus
- frontal gyrus
- fusiform gyrus
- hippocampal gyrus
- inferior frontal gyrus
- infracalcarine gyrus
- lingual gyrus
- microgyria
- macrogyria
- middle frontal gyrus
- occipital gyrus
- occipitotemporal gyrus
- parahippocampal gyrus
- polygyria
- polymicrogyria
- postcentral gyrus
- precentral gyrus
- superior frontal gyrus
- superior temporal gyrus
- supramarginal gyrus
- temporal gyrus
- transverse temporal gyrus
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡyː.rus/
Noun
gȳrus m (genitive gȳrī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gȳrus | gȳrī |
| genitive | gȳrī | gȳrōrum |
| dative | gȳrō | gȳrīs |
| accusative | gȳrum | gȳrōs |
| ablative | gȳrō | gȳrīs |
| vocative | gȳre | gȳrī |
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References
- gyrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gyrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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