CAUDATE NUCLEUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain

Synonyms:

caudate; caudate nucleus

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("caudate nucleus" is a kind of...):

basal ganglion (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)

Holonyms ("caudate nucleus" is a part of...):

corpus striatum; striate body; striatum (a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus)

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