cuneus

[kyoo-nee-uhs]

noun

plural

cunei 

1. Anatomy.,  a wedge-shaped convolution on the medial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.

2. Entomology.,  a wedge-shaped segment of the corium of certain hemipterous insects.

cuneus

/ ˈkjuːnɪəs /

noun

1. a small wedge-shaped area of the cerebral cortex

Other Word Forms

• subcuneus noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuneus¹

< Latin: wedge

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuneus¹

C19: from Latin cuneus wedge

Example Sentences

These areas were the cuneus, at the rear of the brain, and a region in the frontal cortex.

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But the conclusions are all virtually meaningless, since no one knows much about how those regions interact, or why one gamer’s bilateral cuneus happens to be thicker than another’s.

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The Anthocoridae are nearly related to the Cimicidae, but the wings are usually well developed and the forewing possesses cuneus and embolium as well as corium and clavus.

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In Latin the word for wedge is cuneus.

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But in the man-like apes and in man this kind of cortex is confined to one region of the occipital lobe, namely, that of the calcarine fissure and the cuneus behind that.

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