colliculogeniculate
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Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the connection between the inferior colliculus or superior colliculus and the geniculate nucleus.
Example Sentences
- "Some of the cells of the inferior colliculi send commissural fibers to the opposite colliculus; others send colliculogeniculate fibers (inferior brachium) to the medial geniculate body of the thalamus; some to the superior colliculus (acustico-optic fibers) and some to the cerebellum (tectocerebellar fibers)."
- "These may correspond to the thin colliculogeniculate endings previously described in the cat ventral nucleus (Morest 1975: Fig. 7, top) and, perhaps, to the phalangiform axons seen in the dorsal division (W iner and Morest 1984)."
- "These data suggest that at birth the colliculogeniculate projection is more mature than the corticogeniculate projection but less developed than the retinogeniculate pathway."
Etymology
From colliculo- + geniculate.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: colliculo