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Sulcus

//ˈsʌl.kəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue, especially that marking the convolutions of the surface of the brain.

    "The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively."

  2. 2
    (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain wordnet
  3. 3
    A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sulcus (“a furrow made by a plow”). Doublet of sullow ("plough").

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