Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of confluence of sinuses.
Origin
- Ancient Greekληνός“anything shaped like a tub or trough; wine vat”
- Latintorcular Hērophilī“Herophilos' winepress”
- Englishtorcular Herophili
Unadapted borrowing from Latin torcular Hērophilī (“Herophilos' winepress”), named after Greek physician Herophilos, while torcular was the Latin calque of Ancient Greek ληνός (lēnós, “anything shaped like a tub or trough; wine vat”), originally described by Herophilos.
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