arcuate

American

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

Also arcuated

adjective

bent or curved like a bow.

arcuate British

/ ˈɑːkjuːɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

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

arcuate leaves
arcuate fibres of the cerebrum

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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 arcuate “bow shaped” arteries form arcs along the base of the medullary pyramids.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

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

Every part tawny cinnamon, inside also; p. 2-3 cm. convexo-exp. then umb. scurfily-scaly; g. adnate, arcuate, crowded; s. 3-4 cm. narrowed, squamulosely peronate from the contiguous veil; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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