cornu
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Origin of cornu
First recorded in 1685–95; from Latin: horn; akin to Greek kéras ( see cerat-), krāníon cranium
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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
Ye men with neckcloths white, I warn you— Habet a whole haymow in cornu.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
The generic name is derived from two Latin words—sal, salt, and cornu, a horn—and conveys the idea of saline plants with hornlike branches.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
The personal genius usually appeared as a handsome youth in a toga, with head sometimes veiled and sometimes bare, carrying a drinking cup and cornu copiae, frequently in the position of one offering sacrifice.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
The fact seems to be that there is a double origin, for the Arabic dictionaries not only have Nakkarah, but Nakír and Nákúr, "cornu, tuba."
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
The most marked action of the drug is upon the anterior cornua of grey matter in the spinal cord.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
There are, in the department of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum, two bronze Etruscan cornua, No. 2734, resembling the hunting horns of the middle ages and bent in a semicircular shape.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" 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 Fernie, William Thomas
At Broad Chalke are sometimes found cornua ammonis of chalke.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
Not unfrequently the extremity of the posterior cornua, and even deeper parts of the gray substance, are more or less damaged by areas of disintegration.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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