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  [jahyuh r] /dʒaɪər/ noun 1. a ring or circle. 2. a circular course or motion. 3. Oceanography. a ringlike system of ocean currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. /dʒaɪə/ noun 1. a circular or spiral movement or path 2. a ring, circle, or spiral verb 3. (intransitive) to […]

• Gyrectomy

  [jahy-rek-tuh-mee] /dʒaɪˈrɛk tə mi/ noun, plural gyrectomies. Surgery. 1. excision of a cerebral . gyrectomy gy·rec·to·my (jī-rěk’tə-mē) n. Excision of a cerebral gyrus.

• Gyrene

  [jahy-reen, jahy-reen] /ˈdʒaɪ rin, dʒaɪˈrin/ noun, Slang. 1. a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. noun AUS Marine; leatherneck (1894+)

• Gyri

  [jahy-rahy] /ˈdʒaɪ raɪ/ noun 1. plural of . [jahy-ruh s] /ˈdʒaɪ rəs/ noun, plural gyri [jahy-rahy] /ˈdʒaɪ raɪ/ (Show IPA). Anatomy. 1. a convolution, especially of the brain. /ˈdʒaɪrəs/ noun (pl) gyri (ˈdʒaɪraɪ) 1. another name for convolution (sense 3) n. convolution between grooves, 1842, from Latin gyrus “circle, circuit, career,” from Greek gyros “ring, […]

• Gyrfalcon

  [jur-fawl-kuh n, -fal-, -faw-kuh n] /ˈdʒɜrˌfɔl kən, -ˌfæl-, -ˌfɔ kən/ noun 1. a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number. /ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən; -ˌfɔːkən/ noun 1. a very large rare falcon, Falco rusticolus, of northern and arctic regions: often used for hunting n. […]

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