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GYRUS

\d͡ʒˈa͡ɪɹəs], \d‍ʒˈa‍ɪɹəs], \dʒ_ˈaɪ_ɹ_ə_s]\

Definitions of GYRUS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Convolution, one of the prominent rounded elevations on the surface of the hemispheres of the brain; they are separated from each other by more or less deep furrows, the fissures or sulci.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Singular of gyri.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Gyri. A cerebral convolution; a ridge between two grooves.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Convolution-g. Intestinalis, Anse intestinale.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

pl., gyri. Lit., a ring or circle.
The scala tympani and scala vestibuli.
One turn in a spiral structure.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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