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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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
The interlobar arteries split at the junction of the renal cortex and medulla to form 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
P. 3-4 mm. infundib. 4-6, sulcate; g. very narrow, arcuate; s. capillary. polyadelphus, Lasch.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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