arcuate

American  

[ahr-kyoo-it, -eyt] / ˈɑr kyu ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

Also arcuated

adjective

1. bent or curved like a bow.

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arcuate British  

/ -ˌeɪt, ˈɑːkjuːɪt /

adjective

1. Also: arcuated.  shaped or bent like an arc or bow

   arcuate leaves

   arcuate fibres of the cerebrum

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Other Word Forms

• arcuately adverb
• subarcuate adjective
• subarcuated adjective

Etymology

Origin of arcuate

1620–30; < Latin arcuātus bent like a bow, curved (past participle of arcuāre ), equivalent to arcu-, stem of arcus bow + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

These again split to form arcuate arteries, from which cortical radiate arteries radiate out and branch into many afferent arterioles that enter the capillaries supplying the nephrons.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The interlobar arteries split at the junction of the renal cortex and medulla to form the arcuate arteries.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Connecting Broca’s area with Wernicke’s is a neural network: a thick, curving bundle of billions of nerve fibres, the arcuate fasciculus, which integrates the production and the comprehension of language.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019

This is an image showing a 3D-printed reconstruction of the white matter pathway connecting two areas of the human brain - the arcuate fasciculus.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2017

P. apiculate, striato-sulcate, glabrous; g. arcuate, distant; s. filiform, pellucid, pruinose, base downy, rooting; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George