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nounA fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
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nouna convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
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Origin
- Ancient Greekγῦρος
- Latingȳrus“circle”
- Englishgyrus
From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.
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Bulgarian изви́вка
- изви́вка (izvívka)anatomy
Catalan circumvolució
- circumvolucióanatomy
Chinese Mandarin 腦回 /脑回, 回
- 腦回 /脑回 (nǎohuí)anatomy
- 回 (huí)anatomy
Czech závit
- závitanatomy
Dutch gyrus, hersenwinding
- gyrusanatomy
- hersenwindinganatomy
Finnish aivopoimu
- aivopoimuanatomy
French circonvolution cérébrale, gyrus
- circonvolution cérébraleanatomy
- gyrusanatomy
German Gyrus
- Gyrusanatomy
Indonesian girus, gelung
- girusanatomy
- gelunganatomy
Japanese 脳回
- 脳回 (nōkai)anatomy
Korean 뇌회
- 뇌회 (noehoe)anatomy
Polish zakręt obręczy
- zakręt obręczyanatomy
Portuguese giro, circunvolução
- giroanatomy
- circunvoluçãoanatomy
- convoluçãoanatomy
Russian изви́лина
- изви́лина (izvílina)anatomy
Ukrainian зви́вина
- зви́вина (zvývyna)anatomy
Vietnamese hồi não
- hồi nãoanatomy
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Cite this entry
APA
gyrus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyrus
MLA
“gyrus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyrus. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gyrus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyrus.
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