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Meaning of "flocculus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOCCULUS

flocculus  [ˈflɒkjʊləs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOCCULUS

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flocculus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLOCCULUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flocculus in the English dictionary

The definition of flocculus in the dictionary is a marking on the sun's surface or in its atmosphere, as seen on a spectroheliogram. It consists of calcium when lighter than the surroundings and of hydrogen when darker. Other definition of flocculus is a tiny ovoid prominence on each side of the cerebellum.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLOCCULUS


antituberculous
ˌæntɪtjʊˈbɜːkjʊləs
calculous
ˈkælkjʊləs
calculus
ˈkælkjʊləs
canaliculus
ˌkænəˈlɪkjʊləs
colliculus
kɒˈlɪkjʊləs
dracunculus
drəˈkʌŋkjʊləs
fasciculus
fəˈsɪkjʊləs
funiculus
fjuːˈnɪkjʊləs
homunculus
hɒˈmʌŋkjʊləs
loculus
ˈlɒkjʊləs
meticulous
mɪˈtɪkjʊləs
miraculous
mɪˈrækjʊləs
monoculous
mɒˈnɒkjʊləs
oculus
ˈɒkjʊləs
precalculus
priːˈkælkjʊləs
ranunculus
rəˈnʌŋkjʊləs
ridiculous
rɪˈdɪkjʊləs
sacculus
ˈsækjʊləs
tuberculous
tjʊˈbɜːkjʊləs
ventriculus
vɛnˈtrɪkjʊləs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOCCULUS

flocci
floccillation
floccose
flocculant
floccular
flocculate
flocculation
flocculator
floccule
flocculence
flocculency
flocculent
flocculently
flocculi
floccus
flock
flock paper
flock wallpaper
flockless
flocky

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOCCULUS

apiculus
calyculus
cauliculus
differential calculus
Diodorus Siculus
fonticulus
formal calculus
functional calculus
infinitesimal calculus
integral calculus
lambda calculus
monticulus
panniculus
predicate calculus
propositional calculus
proventriculus
renal calculus
sentential calculus
stimulus
surculus
utriculus

Synonyms and antonyms of flocculus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flocculus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOCCULUS

Find out the translation of flocculus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flocculus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flocculus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小叶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flocculus
570 millions of speakers

English

flocculus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flocculus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الندفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

флоккула
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flocculus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flocculus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flocculus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flocculus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flocculus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

片葉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

괴상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flocculus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flocculus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flocculus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लॉकुक्लस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flocculus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flocculo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flocculus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

флоккула
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flocculus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flocculus
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flocculus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flocculus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flocculus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flocculus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOCCULUS»

The term «flocculus» is normally little used and occupies the 149.737 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOCCULUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flocculus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOCCULUS»

Discover the use of flocculus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flocculus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Surgery of the Cranial Nerves of the Posterior Fossa
Foramen of Luschka, Choroid Plexus and Flocculus The structures related to the lateral recess of the fourth ventricle that have a consistent relationship to the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves are the foramen of Luschka and its choroid ...
Daniel L. Barrow, 1993
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The Neurology of Eye Movements : Text and CD-ROM: Text and ...
The canal signal is relayed to the flocculus on mossy fibers (mt) that are axon collaterals of either first- or second-order vestibular neurons via granule cells (gc) and their parallel-T fibers to Purkinje cells (Pc). Retinal image motion is sensed by ...
Departments of Neurology R. John Leigh Professor, Neuroscience Otolaryngology and Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University University Hospitals and Veterans Affairs Medical Center Cleveland Ohio, Departments of Neurology David S. Zee Professor, Ophthalmology Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Neuroscience, 1999
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Movement Disorders: Genetics and Models
Flocculus and Ventral Paraflocculus The flocculus and ventral paraflocculus help stabilize the eyes on an object in the visual environment. They do this by influencing the mechanisms that move the eyes in response to vestibular stimulation ...
Mark S. LeDoux, 2005
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Reflex Control of Posture and Movement
VOR REPRESENTATION IN THE FLOCCULUS The cerebellar flocculus receives mossy fibre inputs from the labyrinth and in turn projects Purkinje cell axons to vestibular nuclei (Dow, 1938; Angaut and Brodal, 1967), eventually inhibiting ...
Ibro Symposium, Ragnar Granit, O. Pompeiano, 2011
5
Cerebellar Degenerations: Clinical Neurobiology: Clinical ...
Loss of visual suppression of vestibular nystagmus after flocculus lesions. Brain Res. 72:213-224. 13. Zee D.S., Yamazaki A., Butler P.M., Guecer G. (1981). Effects of ablation of flocculus and paraflocculus on eye movements in primate.
Andreas Plaitakis, 1992
6
Neuroanatomy of the Oculomotor System
the flocculus. In the rabbit, these mossy fibers terminate preferentially in folium p and the adjacent ventral paraflocculus (Yamamoto, 1979; Barmack et al., 1992b). In the squirrel monkey, this projection typically includes the flocculus and the ...
Jean A. Büttner-Ennever, 2005
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Neural Bases of Motor Behaviour
If the flocculus is lesioned, the vestibulocular reflex still occurs, but it loses its accuracy (Carpenter, 1972; Takemori & Cohen, 1974); the amount of eye movement elicited is no longer strictly equal and opposite to the amount of head movement.
F. Lacquaniti, Paolo Viviani, 1996
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Atlas of Topographical Anatomy of the Brain and Surrounding ...
The pulling apart of Flocculus, Lobulus biventer, Lobulus quadrangularis/simplex , and Lobulus semilunaris superior at this point should only be carried out under microsurgical conditions with big magnification. The arteries of this region pass ...
Wolfgang Seeger, 1978
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Neuroanatomical Terminology: A Lexicon of Classical Origins ...
4-g). flocculus (Meckel, 1817) As described for macrodissected adult human, the part of the cerebellar hemisphere (Willis, 1664) adjacent to the tonsil (Malacarne, 1776) and its paraflocculus (Stroud, 1895), and lateral to the nodule (Reil, ...
Larry Swanson, 2014
10
The Vestibular System
flocculus-receiving neurons. As described above, the flocculus-receiving neurons in the rabbit medial vestibular nucleus are innervated by those floccular Purkinje cells whose climbing fibers respond best to optokinetic stimulation about the ...
Stephen M. Highstein, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, 2004

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOCCULUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flocculus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Massive Solar Eruption Caught On Video By NASA
Flocculi (plural of flocculus) is another term for these filaments, and dark flocculi typically describes the appearance of solar prominences when ... «PlanetSave.com, Nov 12»
2
A better way to remember
Earlier research suggested that this spacing effect is the product of the transfer of the memory trace from the flocculus, a cerebellar cortex ... «ScienceBlog.com, Jun 11»
3
3D X-ray scanners being used to probe evolution of flight
Central to the research is the question of whether a larger flocculus is directly linked to a greater ability to process the visual and balance ... «Times of Malta, Jan 11»
4
Evolution of flight explored with CT scans
The researchers plan to scan the skulls of as many fossilized birds as possible to determine e when and how the flocculus evolved and thereby ... «Examiner.com, Jan 11»
5
Fossilized Bird Brains May Yield Secret of First Flights
This part of the cerebellum, known as the flocculus, is responsible for integrating visual and balance signals during flight, allowing birds to ... «LiveScience.com, Dec 10»
6
Remixed notes on 'A Monster's Notes'
On the back I've scrawled some unfamiliar words that I've encountered in the book: cangue, flocculus, incrassation, camlet. And this plaintive ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 09»

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