INFERIOR COLLICULUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An essential auditory center in the midbrain

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("inferior colliculus" is a kind of...):

center; centre; nerve center; nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)

Holonyms ("inferior colliculus" is a part of...):

mesencephalon; midbrain (the middle portion of the brain)

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