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单词 sylvian
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sylvianadj.1

Obsolete. rare.
Incorrectly for sylvan n. and adj.
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1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 64 Those slender Fences only designed to oppose the Sylvian Herd, are thrown down to erect others of a more War-like Force.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

Sylvianadj.2

/ˈsɪlvɪən/
Etymology: < French sylvien, < the name of François de la Boë Sylvius, a Flemish anatomist (1614–1672); often erroneously referred to that of Jacques Dubois, latinized Jacobus Sylvius, an earlier French anatomist (1478–1555).
Anatomy.
Described by or named after the anatomist Sylvius: applied to certain structures in the brain.
a. Sylvian fissure n. (also fissure of Sylvius) the fissure between the anterior and middle lobes of the cerebrum.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > fissure
anfractuosity1687
Sylvian fissure1828
sulcus1833
Rolando1839
valley1839
subfissure1889
subgyre1889
1828 J. Quain Elements Anat. x. 613 The angular part of the anterior lobe..is included between the internal termination of the fissure of Sylvius, the longitudinal fissure, and the commissure of the optic nerves.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 696/2 Two superior convolutions are met with above the fissure of Sylvius, between which is placed..the fissure of Rolando.
1849 S. G. Morton Illustr. Syst. Human Anat. 547 The insula [of Reil] consists of five or six small convolutions grouped and concealed within the Sylvian fissure.
1871 Huxley in Darwin Descent of Man (1874) vii. 204 In the human foetus, the sylvian fissure is formed in the course of the third month of uterogestation.
1888 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. II. iv. 6 Within the fissure of Sylvius lie the small convolutions of the island of Reil, or insula..four or five in number..which spread out like a fan.
1939 O. Larsell Textbk. Neuro-anat. XVIII. 219 The lateral fissure (fissure of Sylvius) opens to the hidden cortical surface of the island of Reil.
1980 A. Silverstein Human Anat. & Physiol. xiii. 278/2 Viewed from the side, the cerebrum looks something like a large mitten, with the wrist at the back and the fingers at the front of the head. The ‘thumb’ of the mitten is separated from the remainder by another prominent groove, the lateral fissure or fissure of Sylvius.
b. Sylvian ventricle n. the fifth ventricle of the brain.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > ventricles > specific ventricles
fourth ventricle1578
cistern1615
procoelia1881
Sylvian ventricle1890
thalamocœle1899
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. Sylvian ventricle.
c. Sylvian fossa n. a depression of the cerebral hemispheres in the middle of the Sylvian fissure, containing the island of Reil.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > fissure > parts of
zygon1886
stipea1891
Sylvian fossa1890
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Sylvian fossa.
d. Sylvian aqueduct n. (also aqueduct of Sylvius) the passage between the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > ventricles > passages between
foramen of Monro1837
iter1897
Sylvian aqueduct1899
foramen of Magendie1910
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 773 Lesions in or about the nuclei in the gray matter of the Sylvian Aqueduct.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

sylvianadj.3n.

Etymology: < modern Latin Sylvia (Scopoli, 1769), < Latin silva a wood: see sylva n. and -an suffix.
Ornithology.
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a. Belonging to the genus Sylvia or family Sylviidæ of oscine passerine birds (the warblers).
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b. n. A bird of this genus or family. (In modern dictionaries.)
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