cornunoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɔːn.juː/us/ˈkɔr.nuː/plural cornua specializedany part of the body that is shaped like a horn (= a hard curved part on the heads of some animals)
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- alveolus
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- hormonal
- lymph vessel
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- platysma
- vitreous humour
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Examples from literature
- Thus each half or side of the cord has its own gray crescent, the horns of which point one forwards and the other backwards, called respectively the anterior and posterior cornua or horns.