Sulcation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sulcation is a noun meaning A channel or furrow.
Meaning
A channel or furrow.
More Meanings
- Markings resembling channels or furrows, especially in shells, fossils, etc.
- (neuroscience) The development of or resulting formations of sulci in a brain cortex.
Example Sentences
Gyration and sulcation occur during neuronal migration and continue until after birth.
Lissencephaly refers to a diffusely smooth-surfaced cerebral hemisphere without sulcation.
[T]he presence of sulcation in the brow horns of all the Arrhinoceratops specimens known at the present time suggests a certain constancy in this genus.
The ornamentation of the shell is a character of considerable palaeontological importance. . . . The types of ornamentation are two; longitudinal striation, and transverse sulcation conformable to the shape of the aperture.
Word Forms
- sulcations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sulcus, furrow, channelling, sulk, thorough, channeling.
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