calcarine

English

Etymology

From calcar +‎ -ine.

Adjective

calcarine (not comparable)

1. spurlike
2. (anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar avis in the brain.

Derived terms

• calcarine fissure
• geniculocalcarine
• intracalcarine
• paracalcarine
• pericalcarine
• postcalcarine
• precalcarine
• retrocalcarine
• supercalcarine / supracalcarine

 

Translations

pertaining to the calcar

• Spanish: calcarino

References

• “calcarine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.