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Definition of Circumvolute
1. Verb. Wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail.
Definition of Circumvolute
1. Verb. To roll, curl or twist around ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Circumvolute
1. Twisted around; rolled about. Origin: L. Circum-volvo, pp. -volutus, to roll around (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumvolute
Literary usage of Circumvolute
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.) (1877)
"185}, " The bloodvessels circumvolute the convoluted seminiferous canals," and (p.
16) " minimal thin layer" are rather German than English in expression. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... slightly decurved when moist, circumvolute-deflexed in drying, rather distinctly
margined by somewhat inflated subrectangular cells, the inferior margin ..."
3. The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a Collection of Fugitive Pieces by John Almon (1786)
"... to circumvolute a mill- wheel for the comminution of corn ; near one angle of
the bafe, and at no great ..."
4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850)
"... which, in their turn are followed by the circumvolute Nautilus. Here, again,
we have a natural gradation of a series of progressive types. ..."
5. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers, Alexander Ireland (1884)
"... which in their turn are followed by the circumvolute Nautilus. "Here we have,"
he says, "a natural gradation of a series of progressive types. ..."
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