sulcus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin sulcus. Doublet of sullow.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sulcus (plural sulci)
- (anatomy) A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue.
- (anatomy) Any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain.
- 1999, Thomas C. Pritchard, Kevin D. Alloway, Medical Neuroscience, page 55,
- The largest sulcus, the longitudinal fissure, divides the brain into left and right hemispheres.
- 2006, Inderbir Singh, Textbook of Human Neuroanatomy, 7th Edition, page 72,
- Unlike most other sulci, the lateral sulcus is very deep.
- 2014, John Kiernan, Raj Rajakumar, Barr's The Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint, 10th Edition, page 213,
- The large surface area of the human cerebral cortex results in a pattern of gyri and sulci.
- Synonym: fissure
- 1999, Thomas C. Pritchard, Kevin D. Alloway, Medical Neuroscience, page 55,
- (planetology) A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- calcaneal sulcus
- central sulcus
- cingulate sulcus
- coronal sulcus
- interlabial sulcus
- intermammary sulcus
- lacrimal sulcus (sulcus lacrimalis)
- lateral sulcus
- malleolar sulcus
- postcentral sulcus
- preauricular sulcus
- precentral sulcus
- radial sulcus (musculospiral groove)
- sagittal sulcus
- sigmoid sulcus
- sulcal
- sulcus ansatus
- sulcus arteriæ vertebralis
- sulcus tubae auditivae
- tympanic sulcus
Translations[edit]
anatomy: furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue
anatomy: groove on the surface of the brain
planetology: region of subparallel grooves or ditches
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *solkos, from Proto-Indo-European *solk-o-s (“furrow”), *selk- (“to pull, drag”), whence also Old English sulh. Doublet of holcus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sulcus m (genitive sulcī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sulcus | sulcī |
Genitive | sulcī | sulcōrum |
Dative | sulcō | sulcīs |
Accusative | sulcum | sulcōs |
Ablative | sulcō | sulcīs |
Vocative | sulce | sulcī |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- sulcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sulcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sulcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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