gyrus
/ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/
gyrus noun: a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
Noun
gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)
- A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
- The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively.
- Synonyms:
- gyre
gyrus meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese
gyrus in Tamil
- மூளை மடிப்பு, மூளைப் படுகை, சுழி, மடிமேடு, மேன்மடிப்பு
gyrus in Indonesian
- anatomy
- girus, gelung
gyrus in Vietnamese
- anatomy
- hồi não
Synonyms of gyrus
Forms of gyrus
| plural | gyri |
|---|---|
| plural | gyruses |
Origin of gyrus
From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.
Words formed from gyrus
- angular gyrus
- cingulate gyrus
- dentate gyrus
- fornicate gyrus
- frontal gyrus
- fusiform gyrus
- gyrate
- gyrification
- gyriform
- gyrus rectus
- Heschl's gyrus
- hippocampal gyrus
- inferior frontal gyrus
- infracalcarine gyrus
- lingual gyrus
- macrogyria
- microgyria
- microgyrus
- 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
Words that rhyme with gyrus
Questions about gyrus
- What does gyrus mean?
- Gyrus means a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
- What is gyrus in Tamil?
- Gyrus in Tamil is மூளை மடிப்பு, மூளைப் படுகை, சுழி. See Gyrus meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gyrus?
- Gyrus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gyrus?
- Gyrus is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/.
- What is the plural of gyrus?
- The plural of gyrus is gyri.
Words near gyrus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gyrus (page history and authors); gyrus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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