dentate
Americanadjective
adjective
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having teeth or toothlike processes
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(of leaves) having a toothed margin
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dentate
1800–10; < Latin dentātus, equivalent to dent- (stem of dēns ) tooth + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The hippocampus, a brain region important for forming memories linked to specific places and contexts, produces new neurons daily in an area called the dentate gyrus.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2024
Firstly, the researchers used a technique called optogenetics, where they added light-sensitive proteins to newly-formed neurons in the dentate gyrus, allowing the neurons to be activated by light.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2024
But dentate gating seems to break down in temporal-lobe epilepsies affecting the hippocampus, resulting in unrestrained, synchronized firing of granule cells.
From Nature • Jul. 8, 2014
"There is a certain unsafeness in the Philippines, but Cambodia is probably worse," Volker declares as we amble through his garden, past beds of dentate flytraps and sticky sundews.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2012
The hippocampal gyrus is bounded above by the dentate or hippocampal fissure which causes the hippocampus major in the descending cornu and so is a complete fissure.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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