sulcus

[ suhl-kuhs ]

/ ˈsʌl kəs /

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noun, plural sul·ci

[suhl-sahy]. /ˈsʌl saɪ/.

a furrow or groove.

Anatomy. a groove or fissure, especially a fissure between two convolutions of the brain.

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Origin of sulcus

1655–65; Latin: furrow

OTHER WORDS FROM sulcus

sub·sul·cus, noun, plural sub·sul·ci.

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How to use sulcus in a sentence

This gray substance lies in folds or convolutions, the furrows or sulci, dipping deeply into the interior of the brain.
How to Become Rich|William Windsor
Transverse sulci: the transverse grooves of pronotum in many Orthoptera.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology|John. B. Smith
The lymph was purely basal, solely on the arachnoid, not in the fissures or sulci.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
Very strongly and deeply impressed sulci præcentrales seem to serve as substitutes for them.
The Mind of the Child, Part II|W. Preyer

Gyrus, jī′rus, n. one of the rounded edges into which the surface of the cerebral hemisphere is divided by the fissures or sulci.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sulcus

sulcus

/ (ˈsʌlkəs) /

noun plural -ci (-saɪ)

a linear groove, furrow, or slight depression

any of the narrow grooves on the surface of the brain that mark the cerebral convolutionsCompare fissure

Word Origin for sulcus

C17: from Latin

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Medical definitions for sulcus

sulcus

[ sŭl′kəs ]

n. pl. sul•ci (-kī, -sī)

Any of the grooves on the brain surface, bounding the gyri; a fissure.

A long narrow groove or depression, as in an organ or a tissue.

Other words from sulcus

sul′cal adj.