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calcarine

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calcarine /cal·ca·rine/ (kal´kah-rin)
1. spur-shaped.
2. pertaining to a calcar.
cal·car·ine (klk-rn, -rn)
adj.
1. Relating to or having a calcar.
2. Having the shape of a spur.
calcarine
[kal′kərīn]
1 having the shape of a spur.
2 pertaining to the calcar.
calcarine [kal´kar-in]
1. spur-shaped.
2. pertaining to the calcar avis.
calcarine
1. spur-shaped.
2. pertaining to the calcar avis.
calcarine sulcus
a sulcus of the medial surface of the occipital lobe, separating the cuneus from the lingual gyrus.
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