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cuneus

[ kyoo-nee-uhs ]

noun

plural cunei
  1. Anatomy. a wedge-shaped convolution on the medial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.
  2. Entomology. a wedge-shaped segment of the corium of certain hemipterous insects.


cuneus

/ ˈːɪə /

noun

  1. a small wedge-shaped area of the cerebral cortex
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲ·n·ܲ noun plural subcunei
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuneus1

< Latin: wedge
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuneus1

C19: from Latin cuneus wedge
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These areas were the cuneus, at the rear of the brain, and a region in the frontal cortex.

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But the conclusions are all virtually meaningless, since no one knows much about how those regions interact, or why one gamer’s bilateral cuneus happens to be thicker than another’s.

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The Anthocoridae are nearly related to the Cimicidae, but the wings are usually well developed and the forewing possesses cuneus and embolium as well as corium and clavus.

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In Latin the word for wedge is cuneus.

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But in the man-like apes and in man this kind of cortex is confined to one region of the occipital lobe, namely, that of the calcarine fissure and the cuneus behind that.

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