arcuate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of arcuate
1620–30; < Latin arcuātus bent like a bow, curved (past participle of arcuāre ), equivalent to arcu-, stem of arcus bow + -ātus -ate 1
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Cortical radiate arteries, as the name suggests, radiate out from the arcuate arteries.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Connecting Broca’s area with Wernicke’s is a neural network: a thick, curving bundle of billions of nerve fibres, the arcuate fasciculus, which integrates the production and the comprehension of language.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
This is an image showing a 3D-printed reconstruction of the white matter pathway connecting two areas of the human brain - the arcuate fasciculus.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2017
The medial surface of the upper ilium forms the iliac fossa, with the arcuate line marking the inferior limit of this area.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
P. conical then exp. umb. with adpressed fibrillose scales especially at centre; g. arcuate, connected by veins, whitish, olive-rufous, finally cinnamon; s. fibrously squamulose, white then tinged pink, white above; sp. smooth.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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