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‖ insula|ˈɪnsjuːlə|
Pl. -æ.
[L. insula an island, a block of buildings.]
1. Rom. Antiq. A block of buildings; a square or space mapped out or divided off.
1832Gell Pompeiana II. 54 The whole group or insula of public buildings. 1893Archæologia LIII. 539 The entire square, Insula iv., of which the forum and basilica form the greater part. Ibid. 570 The unexcavated portion of this insula has been reserved. 1899Daily News 1 Nov. 8/3 Those who..would build their blocks as high as those insulæ which darkened the sunlit spaces of ancient Rome.
2. Anat.
a. The central lobe of the cerebrum; the lobule of the corpus striatum or Sylvian fissure, the Island of Reil.
b. See quot.
1886Syd. Soc. Lex., Insula, in Anatomy, the Island of Reil; also, a term applied to a clot of blood floating in serum. |