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un•cus  (ung′kəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. un•ci (un′sī).USA pronunciation [Anat.]
  1. Anatomyany hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, esp. the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
  • Neo-Latin, Latin: literally, hook
  • 1820–30

'uncus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
anchor - angle - uncinate - adunc - ancylo- - uncustomarily - uncustomary

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