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gyrifications

gyrifications is the plural of gyrification.

Meaning of gyrification

Noun

gyrification (plural gyrifications)

  1. The formation of gyri (folds) on the surface of the cerebral cortex.
    • Based on these segmentations, cortical descriptors evaluating volume, surface area, thickness, gyrification index, and global mean curvature were computed at both time points, for the whole brain, as well as for the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes separately.2015 July 11, “Development of Cortical Morphology Evaluated with Longitudinal MR Brain Images of Preterm Infants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about gyrifications

What is gyrifications the plural of?
Gyrifications is the plural of gyrification.

Words near gyrifications in the dictionary

  1. gyres
  2. gyrfalcon
  3. gyrfalcons
  4. gyri
  5. gyrification
  6. gyrifications
  7. gyrified
  8. gyrifies
  9. gyriform
  10. gyrify
  11. gyrifying

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