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    LENTIFORM NUCLEUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidumplay

    Synonyms:

    lenticular nucleus; lentiform nucleus

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    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("lentiform 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)

    Meronyms (parts of "lentiform nucleus"):

    globus pallidus; paleostriatum; pallidum (the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus)

    putamen (the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus)

    Holonyms ("lentiform 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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