Meaning of cornuate | Babel Free
Definitions
Horn-shaped, as with a bicornuate uterus.
Examples
“[…] that in the higher apes, Troglodytes, Pithecus, the posterior cavity of the tricornate ventricle becomes of larger dimensions than in Cercopithecus, although far inferior in size and diverse in shape⟳, from the much deeper, and more incurved cornuate bay which forms the digital cavity of man.”
“Five species of cornuate osteostracans have⟳ been discovered at Devils Hole, and a further three or four species are probably represented by indeterminate fragmentary material.”
“Surgical treatment consisted of excision of the accessory tarsal navicular or medial protuberance of a prominent cornuate-shaped navicular combined with simple replication of the tibialis posterior tendon without altering its course.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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