gyrus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jīrəs)

Inflections of 'gyrus' (n): npl: gyri

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
gy•rus  ( jīrəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. gy•ri (jīrī).USA pronunciation [Anat.]
  1. Anatomya convolution, esp. of the brain.
  • Latin gȳrus; see gyre
  • 1835–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gyrus /ˈdʒaɪrəs/ n ( pl gyri /ˈdʒaɪraɪ/)
  1. another name for convolution
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin; see gyre
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