gyrus

From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹəs

gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)

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

   Synonym: (dated) gyre

   Coordinate term: sulcus

   The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively.

• surgy

< Latin gyrus

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡyːrus/, [ˈɡyːrus̠]
• Rhymes: -yːrus

gyrus

1. (medical terminology) synonym of aivopoimu (“gyrus”)

From Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡyː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒiː.rus]

gȳrus m (genitive gȳrī); second declension

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

Second-declension noun.

• gȳrō

• gȳrātus

• “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.