Definition of Sulcation

1. n. A channel or furrow.

Definition of Sulcation

1. Noun. A channel or furrow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulcation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulcation

sukkahs
sukkos
sukkot
sukotyro
suks
suksdorfia
sukuinage
sukun
sukuns
sul ponticello
sulbactam
sulbentine
sulcal
sulcate
sulcated
sulcation (current term)
sulcations
sulci
sulcification
sulciform
sulconazole
sulcus
sulcus centralis
sulcus lateralis cerebri
suldan
suldans
sulesomab
sulf-
sulfa
sulfa-

Literary usage of Sulcation

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

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine, Taylor and Francis (1853)
"The deep sulcation in the dorsal surface separates a posterior lateral lobe ... they are less inflated, and have the dorsal sulcation much more superficial. ..."

2. Annual Report (1873)
"... and scarcely convex at its upper extremity, broadening slightly at the ocellus, which is .sunken, and followed beneath by a slight, short sulcation ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Tibia III with a deep sulcation above at base .... 6. No such sulcation ......... 7. 6. Tip of abdomen broadly truncate, having an almost circular outline ..."

4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Referring to a long depression: spec, furrow, groove, sulcation (rare), trough, fluting, dig, scratch, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1921)
"... lateral angles moderately indicated caudad, more rounded cephalad, surface of the disk with a fine medio-longitudinal sulcation, across which, ..."

6. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands by New York Academy of Sciences (1920)
"The posterior sulcation is always broad and distinct; anterior sulcation narrow and often indistinct. Length 11 mm., heigh 6.5 mm., semi- diameter 3 mm. ..."

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