Definition of "uncinate" [un•ci•nate]

• Bent at the end like a hook; unciform. (adjective)

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• "The angle of junction of the lower and left lateral borders forms a prolongation, termed the uncinate process."
• "Her study focused on a bundle of fibers known as the uncinate fasciculus, which connects an emotion-processing area known as the amygdala, at the bottom of the brain, with a regulatory area known as the orbital prefrontal cortex, at the front of the brain."
• "Lower arrows point to complete removal of the left and right uncinate processes of the third cervical vertebrae suggestive of complete severance of the spinal column leading to full decapitation (HK43 Burial 350)."