Gyrification

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The formation of gyri (folds) on the surface of the cerebral cortex.

    "Based on these segmentations, cortical descriptors evaluating volume, surface area, thickness, gyrification index, and global mean curvature were computed at both time points, for the whole brain, as well as for the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes separately."

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"Based on these segmentations, cortical descriptors evaluating volume, surface area, thickness, gyrification index, and global mean curvature were computed at both time points, for the whole brain, as well as for the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes separately."

Etymology

From gyrus + -ification.

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