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UNCINATE CONVOLUTION

\ʌnsˈɪne͡ɪt kɒnvəlˈuːʃən], \ʌnsˈɪne‍ɪt kɒnvəlˈuːʃən], \ʌ_n_s_ˈɪ_n_eɪ_t k_ɒ_n_v_ə_l_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of UNCINATE CONVOLUTION

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The hook-like end of the fornicate convolution.
a convolution of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum near temporal lobe.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A c. extending from near the posterior extremity of the occipital lobe to the apex of the temporosphenoidal; so called from its peculiar hooked anterior end. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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