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sulci

/ˈsʌl.saɪ/

sulci is the plural of sulcus.

Meaning of sulcus

Noun

sulcus (plural sulci)

  1. A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue, especially that marking the convolutions of the surface of the brain.
    • The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively.
  2. A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process.

Phrases with sulci

Questions about sulci

What is sulci the plural of?
Sulci is the plural of sulcus.
How do you pronounce sulci?
Sulci is pronounced /ˈsʌl.saɪ/.

Words near sulci in the dictionary

  1. sulcately
  2. sulcation
  3. sulcations
  4. sulcatol
  5. sulcatone
  6. sulci
  7. sulcification
  8. sulciform
  9. sulclamide
  10. sulcogyral
  11. sulcogyrogenesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sulci (page history and authors); sulcus (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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