insulan.
/ˈɪnsjuːlə/ 1. Roman History. A block of buildings; a square or space mapped out or divided off.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > buildings > connected
massif1524
isle1670
squarea1684
block1796
insula1832
city block1843
island1897
1832 W. Gell Pompeiana II. 54 The whole group or insula of public buildings.
1893 Archaeologia 53 539 The entire square, Insula iv., of which the forum and basilica form the greater part.
1893 Archaeologia 53 570 The unexcavated portion of this insula has been reserved.
1899 Daily News 1 Nov. 8/3 Those who..would build their blocks as high as those insulæ which darkened the sunlit spaces of ancient Rome.
2. Anatomy.
a. a pyramidal area of cerebral cortex which is located in the base of the lateral sulcus and overlies the lentiform nucleus; cf. island of Reil n. at Reil n.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > lobe or lobule
nates?1545
lobe1672
testis1681
vermiform process1836
olfactory lobe1837
island of Reil1840
rhinencephalon1846
worm1857
precuneus1879
insula1886
vermis1890
tonsil1891
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Insula, in Anatomy, the Island of Reil.
b. (See quot. 1886.)
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > components of blood > [noun] > clot > in serum
insula1886
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Insula, a term applied to a clot of blood floating in serum.
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