Medical term:
uncinate
uncinate
[un´sĭ-nāt]1. shaped like a hook; see also hamate. Called also unciform.
2. relating to or affecting the uncinate gyrus.
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un·ci·nate
(ŭn'si-nāt),1. Hooklike or hook-shaped.
2. Relating to an uncus or, specifically, to the uncinate gyrus (2) or a process of the pancreas or of a vertebra.
Synonym(s): unciform
[L. uncinatus]
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uncinate
(ŭn′sə-nāt′, -nĭt)adj.
Bent at the end like a hook: uncinate process of the pancreas; uncinate trichomes.
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un·ci·nate
(ŭn'si-nāt)1. Hooklike or hook-shaped.
2. Relating to an uncus or, specifically, to the uncinate gyrus (2) or a process of the pancreas or of a vertebra.
Synonym(s): unciform.
Synonym(s): unciform.
[L. uncinatus]
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uncinate
Hooked (in the literal sense). Hook-shaped.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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