Associations to the word «Uncus»
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Wiktionary
UNCUS, noun. (zoology) A hook or claw.
UNCUS, noun. (anatomy) Hence, any body part which is long, thin, and curved.
UNCUS, noun. (anatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis.
Dictionary definition
UNCUS, noun. (biology) any hook-shaped process or part.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.