cornu

American  

[kawr-noo, -nyoo] / ˈkɔr nu, -nju /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

• cornua
  plural

1. an anatomical structure, especially a bony part, that resembles a horn.

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cornu British  

/ ˈkɔːnjuː /

noun

1. anatomy a part or structure resembling a horn or having a hornlike pattern, such as a cross section of the grey matter of the spinal cord

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• cornual
  adjective
• subcornual
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• cornua
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of cornu

First recorded in 1685–95; from Latin: horn; akin to Greek kéras ( see cerat-), krāníon cranium

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cornu cornua

The study demonstrates that slow waves and sleep spindles can originate from axons within the hippocampus' cornu ammonis 3 region.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024

The cornu, although shorter than the buccina, had a deeper pitch and more sonorous tone, for, owing to the wider calibre of the bore, the fundamental was easily reached.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

Garrick, however, did not like it, and when Boswell tried to console him by saying that Johnson gored everybody in turn, and added, "foenum habet in cornu."

From Samuel Johnson by Sir Leslie Stephen

A, epiglottis; B, thyroid cartilage; C, arytenoid cartilage; D, ligament connecting lower cornu of the thyroid with the back of the cricoid cartilage; E, cricoid cartilage; F, upper ring of the trachea.

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

We may divide the womb into three divisions, cornua, body and cervix.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

As the development of the uterus proceeds, the two cornua become gradually shorter, until at length they are lost, or, as it were, absorbed into the body of the uterus.”

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin

The grey matter of the anterior cornua is cut off from the rest by the decussating pyramids and finally disappears.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

And even in its evolutionary development, the homely animal reads us a lesson; for Dat Deus immiti cornua curta bovi, says the Latin proverb—"Savage cattle have only short horns."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

The oblique ascending and descending fibres from the posterior nerve-roots, joining the "longitudinal columns of the cornua," account for the results of Brown-Sequard's sections of the posterior columns.

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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