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Definition of Cuneus

1. Noun. Any shape that is triangular in cross section.

Medical Definition of Cuneus

1. That region of the medial aspect of the occipital lobe of each cerebral hemisphere bounded by the parietooccipital fissure and the calcarine fissure. Origin: L. Wedge (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Cuneus

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

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1902)
"left superior occipital convolution, the posterior part of the left cuneus, the right cuneus, the right angular gyrus, and the right superior occipital ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1891)
"The total exposed surface, and the exposed surface of the cuneus are both less on the ... This would, for one thing lead us to regard the cuneus where the ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"cuneus and posterior part of the lingual and fusiform cortex, and extends on the external surface of the occipital lobe as far forward as the Ramus ..."

4. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"The cuneus in certain abnormal conditions of the human brain resembles that of apes. The Ínsula is larger in the male than in the female, ..."

5. The Forces of Nature: A Popular Introduction to the Study of Physical Phenomena by Amédée Guillemin (1873)
"LEYDEN JAR. — ELECTRICAL CONDENSEES. The experiments of cuneus and ... repeated the experiment of cuneus, but the shock which he received caused him such ..."

6. The Forces of Nature: A Popular Introduction to the Study of Physical Phenomena by Amédée Guillemin (1873)
"LEYDEN JAR.— ELECTRICAL CONDENSERS. The experiments of cuneus and ... repeated the experiment of cuneus, but the shock which he received caused him such ..."

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