DENTATE NUCLEUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A large laminar nucleus of grey matter within the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

nucleus (any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord)

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

cerebellum (a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans)

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