arcuate
pronunciation
How to pronounce arcuate in British English:
UK ['a:kjʊɪt]
How to pronounce arcuate in American English:
US ['akjʊɪt]
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- Adjective:
- forming or resembling an arch
Word Origin
- arcuate (adj.)
- "bent like a bow," 1620s, from Latin arcuatus "bow-like, arched," past participle of arcuare "to bend like a bow," from arcus "bow" (see arc (n.)).
Example
- 1. Many of these hormones act at a brain region in the hypothalamus called the arcuate nucleus .
- 2. The main pathologic changes were located in arcuate ligament and uinar nerve .
- 3. A study earlier this year by david mcnay at beth israel deaconess medical centre , in boston , investigated one particular bit of the hypothalamus , called the arcuate nucleus .