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arcuate

American  
[ahr-kyoo-it, -ayt] / ˈɑr kju ɪt, -ˌeɪt /
Also arcuated

adjective

  1. bent or curved like a bow.


arcuate British  
/ ˈɑːkjuːɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. Also: arcuated. shaped or bent like an arc or bow

    arcuate leaves

    arcuate fibres of the cerebrum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The renal arteries branch out from the aorta and enter the kidney where they further divide into segmental, interlobar, arcuate, and cortical radiate 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

P. umbil. squamulose; g. arcuate, white; s. floccosely punctate, base with spreading fawn-coloured down; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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