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cor·nu

 (kôr′no͞o, -nyo͞o)
n. pl. cor·nu·a (-no͞o-ə, -nyo͞o-ə)
A part or structure, such as a bony protuberance, that resembles a horn.

[Latin cornū, horn; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

cor′nu·al (-əl) adj.
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cornu

(ˈkɔːnjuː)
n, pl -nua (-njʊə)
(Anatomy) anatomy a part or structure resembling a horn or having a hornlike pattern, such as a cross section of the grey matter of the spinal cord
[C17: from Latin: a horn]
ˈcornual adj
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cor•nu

(ˈkɔr nu, -nyu)

n., pl. -nu•a (-nu ə, -nyu ə)
Anat. a horn-shaped bone or other part.
[1685–95; < Latin: horn]
cor′nu•al, adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cornu - (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
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Foenum habet in cornu , as Dan Horace has it; but I warrant him harmless for all that."
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Cutaneous horn (Cornu cutaneum) is a relatively uncommon lesion consisting of a projectile, conical, dense, hyperkeratotic nodule, which resembles the horn of an animal.
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Jean-Francois Cornu. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2015.
A silver-screen icon who has embodied the charm, nonchalance, and refinement of French womanhood for more than five decades, Catherine Deneuve saw her acting career take off after Jacques Demy noticed her in Jacques-Gerard Cornu's 1960 film "L' homme a femmes" ("Ladies Man"), reviewed by Variety on Dec.
Hyoid bone abnormalities or malformations can be seen in different clinical conditions such as Pierre Robin sequence and cleft lip and palate, enlargement greater cornu of thyroid cartilage (Mukhopadhyay; Pollanen, 1997).
While the Helicidae represented by Cornu aspersa aspersa, Cantareus apertus and Theba pisana, as well as the of Subulinidae represented by Rumina decollata and Rumina paivae are only weakly sampled with 15% and 2% respectively.
In this study, we tested the relationships between various measurements of body size and crawling speed in the terrestrial snail Cornu aspersum.
Michael Le Cornu of Tendring Pensioners' Action Group said: "People are being fined for falling."