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lenticular nucleus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables
lentic-u-lar nu-cle-us
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either one of two parts —one on each hemisphere— of the basal ganglia, which is roughly lens-shaped and having two parts which would correspond to two sides of a biconvex lens: the putamen and the globus pallidus (which face outboard and inboard, as it were, respectively).

Inflected Forms

lenticular nuclei (plural) lenticular nucleuses (plural)

Synonyms

lentiform nucleus

Questions

What does lenticular nucleus mean?
Either one of two parts —one on each hemisphere— of the basal ganglia, which is roughly lens-shaped and having two parts which would correspond to two sides of a biconvex lens: the putamen and the globus pallidus (which face outboard and inboard, as it were, respectively).

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