See Also: gyrencephalic(medicine)

certie (iou) and gyrencephalic (medicine)


certie (iou)



certie noun. Scot. Also certy. E19.
[Perh. back-form. from CERTES, taken as pl.]
my certie (adverbial phr.), in good faith, on my word.

gyrencephalic (medicine)


gyrencephalic


Denoting brains, such as that of humans, in which the cerebral cortex has convolutions, in contrast to the lissencephalic (smooth) brains of small mammals such as the rodents.

Origin: G. Gyros, ring (gyrus), + enkaphale, brain