uncus

American  

[uhng-kuhs] / ˈʌŋ kəs /

noun

Anatomy.

• unci
  plural

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

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uncus British  

/ ˈʌŋkəs /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• unci
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of uncus

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

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Example Sentences

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uncus unci

The genus name uncus means “hook” in Latin, after the fishhooklike squiggles on the rock left by the fossils.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 19, 2024

Eventually it ends in the substance of the hippocampus and in the uncus of the temporal lobe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The olfactory and gustatory centres are situated in the uncus close to the pituitary fossa.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

The lower portion, the manubrium, or handle, gives motion to the upper portion, which from its shape is named the uncus, or hook.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Henry J. Slack

Scaphium: a ventral process of the 10th abdominal segment in male Lepidoptera below the uncus.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

The unci are furnished with finger-like processes of teeth, which vary in number.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Henry J. Slack

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