gyrus

English

Etymology

From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒaɪɹəs/

Noun

gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)

  1. (anatomy) A ridge or fold on the cerebral cortex.

Derived terms
  • hippocampal gyrus
  • inferior frontal gyrus
  • infracalcarine gyrus
  • lingual gyrus
  • microgyria
  • macrogyria
  • middle frontal gyrus
  • precentral gyrus
  • superior frontal gyrus
  • superior temporal gyrus
  • supramarginal gyrus
  • temporal gyrus
  • transverse temporal gyrus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡyː.rus/, [ˈɡyː.rʊs]

Noun

gȳrus m (genitive gȳrī); second declension

  1. circle
  2. a circular motion
  3. a circuit, course, ring
  4. (by extension) place where horses are trained

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gȳrus gȳrī
Genitive gȳrī gȳrōrum
Dative gȳrō gȳrīs
Accusative gȳrum gȳrōs
Ablative gȳrō gȳrīs
Vocative gȳre gȳrī

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References
  • gyrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gyrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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