Definition of Circumvolute

1. Verb. Wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail.

Generic synonyms: Curve, Twist, Wind

Definition of Circumvolute

1. Verb. To roll, curl or twist around ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Circumvolute

1. Twisted around; rolled about. Origin: L. Circum-volvo, pp. -volutus, to roll around (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumvolute

circumventing
circumvention
circumventions
circumventive
circumventor
circumventricular
circumventricular organs
circumvents
circumvest
circumvested
circumvesting
circumvests
circumvolant
circumvolation
circumvolations
circumvolute (current term)
circumvolution
circumvolutions
circumvolve
circumvolved
circumvolves
circumvolving
circumzenithal
circumzygomatic fixation
circus
circus acrobat
circus movement
circus rhythm
circus ring
circus tent

Literary usage of Circumvolute

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"185}, " The bloodvessels circumvolute the convoluted seminiferous canals," and (p. 16) " minimal thin layer" are rather German than English in expression. ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... slightly decurved when moist, circumvolute-deflexed in drying, rather distinctly margined by somewhat inflated subrectangular cells, the inferior margin ..."

3. The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a Collection of Fugitive Pieces by John Almon (1786)
"... to circumvolute a mill- wheel for the comminution of corn ; near one angle of the bafe, and at no great ..."

4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850)
"... which, in their turn are followed by the circumvolute Nautilus. Here, again, we have a natural gradation of a series of progressive types. ..."

5. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers, Alexander Ireland (1884)
"... which in their turn are followed by the circumvolute Nautilus. "Here we have," he says, "a natural gradation of a series of progressive types. ..."

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