Look up: gyrus

1. Gyrus
   or vivarium; in the Roman legionary camp, the gyrus with the training ring and animal corral. The structure was formed from fifty semicircular cut timbers set upright in a circular trench, probably supporting a framework of cross-timbers. A single entrance passage adjoined the structure on the north...
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2. gyrus
   [n] - a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
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3. gyrus
   A training ring or animal corral. Also identified as a vivarium, the only known example of an auxiliary fort containing a purpose-built gyrus or vivarium throughout the whole of the Roman Empire was the Lunt fort at Baginton, near Coventry. The structure was formed from fifty semicircular cut timbers set upright in a circular trench, probably suppo…
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4. gyrus
   training ring / animal corral Also identified as a vivarium, the only known example of an auxiliary fort containing a purpose-built gyrus/vivarium throughout the whole of the Roman empire is 'The Lunt' fort at Baginton near Coventry. The structure was formed from fifty semicircular cut timbers set u...
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5. Gyrus
   Gyrus: A convolution on the surface of a cerebral hemisphere caused by the infolding of the cerebral cortex. The gyri are bounded by crevices in the cortex called sulci. Many gyri are constant enough in their occurrence as anatomic features that they have been given names as, for example, the cingul...
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6. gyrus
   Any of the ridge-like folds of the cerebral cortex.
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7. Gyrus
   Gy'rus (jī'rŭs) noun ; plural Gyri (-rī). [ Latin See Gyre , noun ] A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain .
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8. gyrus
   One of the prominent rounded elevations that form the cerebral hemispheres, each consisting of an exposed superficial portion and a portion hidden from view in the wall and floor of the sulcus. ... Origin: L. Fr. G. Gyros, circle ... Angular gyrus, a folded convolution in the inferior parietal lobul...
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9. gyrus
   convolution noun a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
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10. gyrus
    (ji´rәs) pl. gy´ri one of the many convolutions of the surface of the cerebral hemispheres caused by infolding of the cortex, separated by fissures or sulci; called also cerebral gyrus.
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11. Gyrus
    • (n.) A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.
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12. gyrus
    (from the article `nervous system, human`) ...the cerebrum and the cerebellum; the massive growth of the cerebral hemispheres over the sides of the midbrain and of the cerebellum at the ... The external form of the anthropoid cerebral cortex is characterized by a complicated pattern of folds and fissures (sulci and gyri) in the brain .....
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13. gyrus
    gyrus (s), gyri (pl) An elevation of the cerebral cortex resulting from the infolding of adjacent sulci or fissures; convolution. Related 'around, round, surrounding' units: ambi-; ampho-; circ-; circum-; cyclo-, -cycle; peri-.
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14. gyrus
    Type: Term Pronunciation: jī′rŭs, -rī Definitions: 1. One of the prominent rounded elevations or convolutions that form the cerebral hemispheres, each consisting of an exposed superficial portion and a portion hidden from view in the wall and floor of the sulcus (q.v.).
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15. gyrus
    Greek gyros = circle, hence a coil of brain cortex.
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16. gyrus
    (ji;rus) A convoluted elevation or ridge.
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17. gyrus
    (ji;rus) A convoluted elevation or ridge.
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18. Gyrus
    A `gyrus` (pl. gyri) is a ridge on the cerebral cortex. It is generally surrounded by one or more sulci (sl. sulcus). Notable gyri: Middle temporal gyrus, lat. gyrus temporalis medius Inferior temporal gyrus, lat. gyrus temporalis inferior Precentral gyrus, lat. gy...
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