insula


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
insula /ˈɪnsjʊlə/
noun (pl. insulae /-liː/)
  • 1 (in ancient Rome) a tenement in a city.
  • 2 Anatomy a region of the cerebral cortex.
– origin L., lit. ‘island’.
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