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anfractuosity

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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\An*frac`tu*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Anfractuosities}.
[Cf. F. anfractuosit['e].]
1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and
   turnings; sinuosity.

         The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper.
                                               --Macaulay.

2. (Anat.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those
   separating the convolutions of the brain.

 

 

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