cornu

American  

[kawr-noo, -nyoo] / ˈkɔr nu, -nyu /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

plural

cornua

1. an anatomical structure, especially a bony part, that resembles a horn.

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cornu British  

/ ˈkɔːnjuː /

noun

1. anatomy a part or structure resembling a horn or having a hornlike pattern, such as a cross section of the grey matter of the spinal cord

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Other Word Forms

• cornual adjective
• subcornual adjective

Etymology

Origin of cornu

First recorded in 1685–95; from Latin: horn; akin to Greek kéras ( see cerat-), krāníon cranium

Example Sentences

The study demonstrates that slow waves and sleep spindles can originate from axons within the hippocampus' cornu ammonis 3 region.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

For mottoes, either of the following: F�num halct in cornu; Hunc tu Romane caveto.

From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Brown, E. E.

From two medieval representations of instruments like the Roman cornu one might be led to conclude that the instrument had been revived and was in use from the 14th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

The choroid plexus of the pia mater turns round the gyrus hippocampi, and enters the descending cornu through the lateral part of the great transverse fissure between the taenia hippocampi and optic thalamus.

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

Elephantorum impetum subsecuti sunt socii nominis Latini, pepuleruntque laevum cornu.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund