uncus

[uhng-kuh s]

noun, plural un·ci

[uhn-sahy] /ˈʌn saɪ/. Anatomy.

any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.

Origin of uncus

1820–30; < New Latin, Latin: literally, hook

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Examples from the Web for uncus

Historical Examples of uncus

Scaphium: a ventral process of the 10th abdominal segment in male Lepidoptera below the uncus.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
The olfactory and gustatory centres are situated in the uncus close to the pituitary fossa.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.
Alexander Miles
Greek, ; Latin, uncus, ferramentum quo in sectione calculus protrahitur.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times
John Stewart Milne
Eventually it ends in the substance of the hippocampus and in the uncus of the temporal lobe.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4
Various
The uncus, and subiculum cornu ammonis of the human brain, belong to it.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4
Various

British Dictionary definitions for uncus

uncus

noun plural unci (ˈʌnsaɪ)

zoology anatomy a hooked part or process, as in the human cerebrum

Word Origin for uncus

C19: from Latin: hook

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uncus in Medicine

uncus

[ŭng′kəs]

n. pl. un•ci (ŭn′sī)

A hook-shaped part or process.
The anterior hooked extremity of the parahippocampal gyrus on the basomedial surface of the temporal lobe.uncinate gyrus