sulcus
a furrow or groove.
Anatomy. a groove or fissure, especially a fissure between two convolutions of the brain.
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Origin of sulcus
1Other words from sulcus
- sub·sul·cus, noun, plural sub·sul·ci.
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How to use sulcus in a sentence
It is then carried across the sulcus and is made to emerge through the opposite lip of the cervix.
Median line with a sulcus on each side; central area quadrate.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity | Charles Sumner BoyerThe single median sulcus on the anterior face of each incisor is typical of the genus Cratogeomys.
Pleistocene Pocket Gophers From San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico | Robert J. RussellIt is rather robust, very much recurved and grooved by a deep vertical sulcus upon its antero-internal face.
On The Affinities of Leptarctus primus of Leidy | J. L. Wortmansulcus longitudinalis in superiore latere perforatus serie punctorum.
British Dictionary definitions for sulcus
/ (ˈsʌlkəs) /
a linear groove, furrow, or slight depression
any of the narrow grooves on the surface of the brain that mark the cerebral convolutions: Compare fissure
Origin of sulcus
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