gyrus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (guros)

Noun

gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)

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

Derived terms

cingulate gyrus dentate gyrus fornicate gyrus frontal gyrus fusiform gyrus

hippocampal gyrus inferior frontal gyrus infracalcarine gyrus lingual gyrus microgyria middle frontal gyrus

occipital gyrus occipitotemporal gyrus parahippocampal gyrus polygyria polymicrogyria postcentral gyrus

precentral gyrus superior frontal gyrus superior temporal gyrus supramarginal gyrus temporal gyrus transverse temporal gyrus

Translations

anatomy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦回 (cmn), 脑回 (cmn) (nǎohuí), 回 (cmn) (huí)

• Czech: závit (cs) m
• Finnish: aivopoimu (fi)
• French: circonvolution cérébrale (fr) f, gyrus (fr) m

• German: Gyrus (de) m
• Japanese: 脳回 (ja) (のうかい, nōkai)
• Russian: извилина (ru) (izvílina) f

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γῦρος (guros)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈɡʏː.rus/

Noun

gȳrus (genitive gȳrī); m, second declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	gȳrus	gȳrī
genitive	gȳrī	gȳrōrum
dative	gȳrō	gȳrīs
accusative	gȳrum	gȳrōs
ablative	gȳrō	gȳrīs
vocative	gȳre	gȳrī

Derived terms

• gȳrō

Related terms

• gȳrātus

Descendants

• Aromanian: giur
• English: gyre, gyrus
• Italian: giro
• Romanian: jur, girus
• Spanish: giro