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sulcus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sulcus has 1 sense
- sulcus(n = noun.body) Array - (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain; Array is a kind of fissure
has particulars: central sulcus, fissure of rolando, rolando's fissure, sulcus centralis, fissure of sylvius, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri, sylvian fissure, parieto-occipital fissure, parieto-occipital sulcus, calcarine fissure, calcarine sulcus
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sulcus, n. (pl. sulci) Anat. a groove or furrow, esp. on the surface of the brain.
Etymology
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ROGET THESAURUS
sulcus
Furrow
N furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit, chamfer, fluting, corduroy road, cradle hole, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke, moat, fosse, trough, kennel, ravine, tajo, thank-ye-ma'am, furrowed, ribbed, striated, sulcated, fluted, canaliculated, bisulcous, bisulcate, bisulcated, canaliferous, trisulcate, corduroy, unisulcate, costate, rimiform.
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