Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Moving in a circle or spiral; gyratory.
- adjective Of or relating to a gyrus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Whirling; moving in a circle; rotating.
- In anatomy, pertaining to a gyrus or to the gyri of the brain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to a
gyrus - adjective Moving
circularly orspirally ;gyratory ;whirling .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain
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Examples
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No seraphs bold, nor angels daring, ever penetrated the darkened highways or flashed on flaming pinions over the howling seas, gyral cataracts and leaping billows of that wide and black waste that divided the empire of sin from the empire of life.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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It proceeds synchronously in both hemispheres by an expansion of gyral tissue, while the Hemispheric Shape of European and Japanese Brains: 3-D MRI Analysis of Intersubject Variability, Ethnical, and Gender Differences
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Sex-dependent effects of schizophrenia: an MRI study of gyral folding, and cortical and white matter Genetic variability of human brain size and cortical gyral patterns Regulation of Cerebral Cortical Size by Control of Cell Cycle Exit in Neural Precursors
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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It proceeds synchronously in both hemispheres by an expansion of gyral tissue, while the ethnicity have been demonstrated, and such interindividual differences appear to be highest in regions with strong gyrification
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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It proceeds synchronously in both hemispheres by an expansion of gyral tissue, while the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Sex-dependent effects of schizophrenia: an MRI study of gyral folding, and cortical and white matter Hemispheric Shape of European and Japanese Brains: 3-D MRI Analysis of Intersubject Variability, Ethnical, and Gender Differences
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Activation maps are shown on the average gyral structure (white lines) of the left and right hemispheres. z-score threshold = 4.0.
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It proceeds synchronously in both hemispheres by an expansion of gyral tissue, while the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Sex-dependent effects of schizophrenia: an MRI study of gyral folding, and cortical and white matter
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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It proceeds synchronously in both hemispheres by an expansion of gyral tissue, while the [[sulcal root]] s remain in a relatively stable position throughout gyrogenesis.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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