different between gyrus vs cingulotomy

English

Etymology

From Latin g?rus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?a???s/

Noun

gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)

1. (anatomy) A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.

   Synonym: (archaic) gyre

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See also

• sulcus

Anagrams

• surgy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (gûros)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??y?.rus/, [??y???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d??i.rus/, [?d??i??us]

Noun

g?rus m (genitive g?r?); second declension

1. circle
2. a circular motion
3. a circuit, course, ring
4. (by extension) place where horses are trained

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• g?r?

Related terms

• g?r?tus

Descendants

References

• gyrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gyrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From cingulum +? -o- +? -tomy.

Noun

cingulotomy (plural cingulotomies)

1. (surgery) A form of brain surgery in which an electric current is used to destroy the cortex of the cingulate gyrus and part of the corpus callosum.

   Synonym: cingulectomy

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