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Yes. The word uncus is a Scrabble US word. The word uncus is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word uncus is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

UNCUS,

3-letter words (3 found)

NUS,SUN,UNS,

2-letter words (3 found)

NU,UN,US,

You can make 7 words from uncus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of uncus

uncus

Etymology

From Latin uncus (“hook”).

Noun

uncus (plural unci)

  1. (zoology) A hook or claw.
  2. (anatomy) Hence, any body part which is long, thin, and curved.
  3. (neuroanatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis.

Related terms

  • uncous

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *onkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos (“hook”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos) and Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.kus/, [ˈʊŋkʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈun.kus/, [ˈuŋkus]

Noun

uncus m (genitive uncī); second declension

  1. hook, barb
  2. a hook used to drag criminals by the neck
  3. (medicine) a surgical instrument

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (hook, barb): uncīnus

Derived terms

  • uncifer (New Latin)

Descendants

  • Translingual: Uncifera

Adjective

uncus (feminine unca, neuter uncum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hooked, curved, barbed
  2. crooked, bent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

  • aduncus
  • obuncus

Related terms

  • uncātiō
  • uncātus
  • uncīnus

References

  • “uncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “uncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • uncus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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