cornu
Americannoun
plural
cornua-
an anatomical structure, especially a bony part, that resembles a horn.
noun
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anatomy a part or structure resembling a horn or having a hornlike pattern, such as a cross section of the grey matter of the spinal cord
Other Word Forms
- cornual adjective
- subcornual adjective
Etymology
Origin of cornu
First recorded in 1685–95; from Latin: horn; akin to Greek kéras ( cerat- ), krāníon cranium
Example Sentences
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The study demonstrates that slow waves and sleep spindles can originate from axons within the hippocampus' cornu ammonis 3 region.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024
Alum, earth of alum, Armenian bole, chalk, creta, crab's claws, chel� cancrorum, white clay, cimolia, calcined hartshorn, cornu cervi calcinatum, bone-ashes.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Concordia was represented as a matron holding in her right hand a patera or an olive branch, and in her left a cornu copiae or a sceptre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
Elephantorum impetum subsecuti sunt socii nominis Latini, pepuleruntque laevum cornu.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
He was interred in his cathedral church, and Lynch describes his place of sepulture as being "prope aram principalem suae Ecclesiae in cornu Evangelii".
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 by Various
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