LEMNISCUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: lemnisci   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus

Synonyms:

fillet; lemniscus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lemniscus" is a kind of...):

afferent; afferent nerve; sensory nerve (a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system)

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