Definition of Gyral

1. Adjective. Relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain. "The gyral sulcus"

Partainyms: Gyrus

Definition of Gyral

1. a. Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.

Definition of Gyral

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a gyrus ¹

2. Adjective. Moving circularly or spirally; gyratory; whirling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gyral

1. gyratory [adj] : GYRALLY [adv] - See also: gyratory

Medical Definition of Gyral

1. 1. Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory. 2. Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution. See: Gyre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gyral

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gypsydom
gypsydoms
gypsying
gypsyish
gypsyism
gypsyisms
gypsylike
gypsyweed
gypsyworts
gyptian
gyptians
gypwater
gyracanthus
gyral (current term)
gyral brain calcification
gyrally
gyrant
gyrase
gyrases
gyrate
gyrate atrophy
gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina
gyrated
gyrates
gyrating
gyration
gyrational
gyrations

Literary usage of Gyral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"Pure movements of assent, like the nodding of " a mandarin doll," are rare; gyral movements are most frequent, although a combination or alternation of the ..."

2. Transactions of the Annual Meeting by Ohio State Medical Society (1898)
"Pure movements of assent like the nodding of "a mandarin doll" are rare; gyral movements are most frequent, although a combination or alternation of the ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1915)
"the histological anatomy and morphology of the basal ganglia especially of the thalamus; (5) the fissural and gyral morphology of the cerebellum; ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"the histological anatomy and morphology of the basal ganglia especially of the thalamus; (5) the fissural and gyral morphology of the cerebellum; ..."

5. Degeneracy; Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene Solomon Talbot (1898)
"Atypical asymmetry in the gyral development. 3. Persistence of embryonic features in the gyral arrangement. 4. Defective development of the great ..."

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