gyrus

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Such a pattern is reflected in the word's etymology: "girandole" can be traced back, by way of French and Italian, to the Latin word "gyrus," meaning "gyre" or "a circular or spiral motion or form."

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  1. noun Any of the prominent, rounded, elevated convolutions on the surfaces of the cerebral hemispheres.

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  • Spikes in blood sugar can take a toll on memory by affecting the dentate gyrus, an area of the brain within the hippocampus that helps form memories, a new study reports. —  Free the Animal
  • The researchers looked at the dentate gyrus, a specific area of the brain that is critical to memory and particularly vulnerable in AD, and compared the genes that were turned on and off in normal mice and a mouse model of AD. —  Lockergnome
  • The inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and fusiform gyrus were engaged by both tasks. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Such a pattern is reflected in the word's etymology: "girandole" can be traced back, by way of French and Italian, to the Latin word "gyrus," meaning "gyre" or "a circular or spiral motion or form." —  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
  • Alpha-CaMKII deficiency causes immature dentate gyrus, a novel … - 7thSpace Interactive (press release) —  xml's Blinklist.com
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  1. Latin gȳrus, circle; see gyre.

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  1. Latin, New Latin, from Greek γῦρος, a circle, circuit, ring; cf. γυρός, round: see gyre.
 

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/ˈdʒaɪrəs/
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