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Definition of Anfractuosity
1. n. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.
Definition of Anfractuosity
1. Noun. A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains. ¹
2. Noun. One of the fissures (''sulci'') separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anfractuosity
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Medical Definition of Anfractuosity
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L. Anfractuosities (#). [Cf. F. Anfractuosite.
1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity. "The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper." (Macaulay)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anfractuosity
Literary usage of Anfractuosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"R- B — H. i is its application (no doubt intended mirthfully — his jokes were
ponderous) to the human mind, as shown in reluctance to sit " anfractuosity. ..."
2. Human physiology, statical and dynamical, or, The conditions and course of by John William Draper (1878)
"... convolution of posterior lobe; 34, anfractuosity. Interim! lateral face of
the brain. Fig. 157, base of the brain, photographed from a wax cast: 1,1, ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1887)
"Corresponding to this rise, the underlying gyrus exhibited an anfractuosity.
The cerebral hemisphere, I may add parenthetically, which alone concerns us ..."
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