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Girus vs Gyrus - What's the difference?

girus | gyrus |

As nouns the difference between girus and gyrus

is that girus is (virology) a type of giant virus, a giant nucleocytoplasmic large dna virus (giant ncldv) while gyrus is (anatomy) a ridge or fold on the cerebral cortex.

girus

English

(wikipedia girus)

Noun

(es)
  • (virology) a type of giant virus, a giant nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus (giant NCLDV)

    • gyrus

    English

    (wikipedia gyrus)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A ridge or fold on the cerebral cortex.

    • Derived terms

    * cingulate gyrus * dentate gyrus * fornicate gyrus * frontal gyrus * fusiform gyrus * hippocampal gyrus * inferior frontal gyrus * infracalcarine gyrus * lingual gyrus * microgyria * middle frontal gyrus * occipital gyrus * occipitotemporal gyrus * parahippocampal gyrus * polygyria * polymicrogyria * postcentral gyrus * precentral gyrus * superior frontal gyrus * superior temporal gyrus * supramarginal gyrus * temporal gyrus * transverse temporal gyrus