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Cornu

Synonym: horn.

2. Any structure composed of horny substance.

3. One of the coronal extensions of the dental pulp underlying a cusp or lobe.

4. The major subdivisions of the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere (the frontal horn, occipital horn, and temporal horn).

See: lateral ventricle.

Origin: L. Horn