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sulcations

sulcations is the plural of sulcation.

Meaning of sulcation

Noun

sulcation (countable and uncountable, plural sulcations)

  1. A channel or furrow.
  2. Markings resembling channels or furrows, especially in shells, fossils, etc.
    • The ornamentation of the shell is a character of considerable palaeontological importance. . . . The types of ornamentation are two; longitudinal striation, and transverse sulcation conformable to the shape of the aperture.1865, Thomas Oldham (ed.), Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Volume 1, page 8 (Google preview)
  3. The development of or resulting formations of sulci in a brain cortex.
    • Lissencephaly refers to a diffusely smooth-surfaced cerebral hemisphere without sulcation.2004, Devin K. Binder, Helen E. Scharfman, Recent Advances in Epilepsy Research, page 146

Questions about sulcations

What is sulcations the plural of?
Sulcations is the plural of sulcation.

Words near sulcations in the dictionary

  1. sulcalizations
  2. sulcate
  3. sulcated
  4. sulcately
  5. sulcation
  6. sulcations
  7. sulcatol
  8. sulcatone
  9. sulci
  10. sulcification
  11. sulciform

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