English Explanatory Dictionary

lenticular nucleus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either one of two parts —one on each hemisphere— of the basal ganglia, which is roughly lens-shaped and having two parts which would correspond to two sides of a biconvex lens: the putamen and the globus pallidus (which face outboard and inboard, as it were, respectively).

Word forms

lenticular nucleus lenticular nuclei lenticular nucleuses

Synonyms

lentiform nucleus
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