"lenticular nucleus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lenticular nuclei [plural], lenticular nucleuses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|lenticular nuclei|+}} lenticular nucleus (plural lenticular nuclei or lenticular nucleuses)
  1. (neuroanatomy) 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). Wikipedia link: lentiform nucleus Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Synonyms: lentiform nucleus Holonyms: basal ganglia, dorsal striatum Meronyms: globus pallidus, putamen
    Sense id: en-lenticular_nucleus-en-noun-nsqYY9gU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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