gyrus
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English
Etymology
From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.
Pronunciation
Noun
gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- angular gyrus
- cingulate gyrus
- dentate gyrus
- fornicate gyrus
- frontal gyrus
- fusiform gyrus
- gyrification
- gyriform
- gyrus rectus
- Heschl's gyrus
- hippocampal gyrus
- inferior frontal gyrus
- infracalcarine gyrus
- lingual gyrus
- macrogyria
- microgyria
- middle frontal gyrus
- occipital gyrus
- occipitotemporal gyrus
- orbital gyrus
- parahippocampal gyrus
- polygyria
- polymicrogyria
- postcentral gyrus
- precentral gyrus
- superior frontal gyrus
- superior temporal gyrus
- supramarginal gyrus
- temporal gyrus
- transverse temporal gyrus
Translations
anatomy
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gyrus
- (medical terminology) Synonym of aivopoimu (“gyrus”).
Declension
| Inflection of gyrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gyrus | gyrukset | |
| genitive | gyruksen | gyrusten gyruksien | |
| partitive | gyrusta | gyruksia | |
| illative | gyrukseen | gyruksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gyrus | gyrukset | |
| accusative | nom. | gyrus | gyrukset |
| gen. | gyruksen | ||
| genitive | gyruksen | gyrusten gyruksien | |
| partitive | gyrusta | gyruksia | |
| inessive | gyruksessa | gyruksissa | |
| elative | gyruksesta | gyruksista | |
| illative | gyrukseen | gyruksiin | |
| adessive | gyruksella | gyruksilla | |
| ablative | gyrukselta | gyruksilta | |
| allative | gyrukselle | gyruksille | |
| essive | gyruksena | gyruksina | |
| translative | gyrukseksi | gyruksiksi | |
| abessive | gyruksetta | gyruksitta | |
| instructive | — | gyruksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡyː.rus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.rus/,
Noun
gȳrus m (genitive gȳrī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gȳrus | gȳrī |
| genitive | gȳrī | gȳrōrum |
| dative | gȳrō | gȳrīs |
| accusative | gȳrum | gȳrōs |
| ablative | gȳrō | gȳrīs |
| vocative | gȳre | gȳrī |
Derived terms
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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.