Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Moving in a circle or spiral; gyratory.
- adj. Of or relating to a gyrus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Whirling; moving in a circle; rotating.
- In anatomy, pertaining to a gyrus or to the gyri of the brain.
Wiktionary
- adj. anatomy Of or pertaining to a gyrus
- adj. Moving circularly or spirally; gyratory; whirling.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.
- adj. (Anat.) Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain
Examples
“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.,
“Activation maps are shown on the average gyral structure (white lines) of the left and right hemispheres. z-score threshold = 4.0.”
“Sex-dependent effects of schizophrenia: an MRI study of gyral folding, and cortical and white matter”
“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”
“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”
“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.”
“It proceeds synchronously in both hemispheres by an expansion of gyral tissue, while the”
“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”
“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”
“Genetic variability of human brain size and cortical gyral patterns”
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gyre - enquired & unquired
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