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ANFRACTUOSITY (from See also:Lat. anfractuosus, winding) , twisting and turning, circuitousness; a word usually employed in the plural to denote winding channels such as occur in the depths of the See also:sea, mountains, or the fissures (See also:sulci) separating the convolutions of the See also:brain, or, by See also:analogy, in the mind.

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