SULCUS


Meaning of SULCUS in English

ˈsəlkəs noun

( plural sul·ci -lˌsī)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, furrow; akin to Greek holkos track, trace, furrow, helkein to drag, pull, Old English sulh plow, measure of land (cultivated by one plow), Armenian helg slow, sluggish, Tocharian B sälk to pull, drag forward

: furrow , groove , fissure ; especially : a shallow furrow on the surface of the brain separating adjacent convolutions

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