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uncus

American

[uhng-kuhs] / ˈʌŋ kəs /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

unci

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

uncus British

/ ˈʌŋkəs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of uncus

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

Example Sentences

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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

At I 313-16, Lucretius, discussing the invisible wearing away of substances, says 'stilicidi casus lapidem cauat, uncus aratri / ferreus occulte decrescit uomer in aruis, / strataque iam uolgi pedibus detrita uiarum / saxea conspicimus'.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

The uncus, and subiculum cornu ammonis of the human brain, belong to it.

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 Miles, Alexander

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