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sulcus

/ˈsʌl.kəs/

Rhymes with -ʌlkəs

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Borrowed from Latin sulcus (“a furrow made by a plow”). Doublet of sullow ("plough").

noun sulci

A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue, especially that marking the convolutions of the surface of the brain. The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively.
A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process.

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noun furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue

中文	溝 /沟 gōu
Deutsch	Furche
Ελληνικά	αύλακας ávlakas
العربية	تَلَم talam

noun groove on the surface of the brain

Español	surco
Português	sulco
Ελληνικά	αύλακας ávlakas
العربية	ثَلْم ṯalm

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@misc{sulcus_2026,
  title = {sulcus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sulcus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}