noun
one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex
• Hypernyms: ↑neural structure
• Hyponyms: ↑lateral geniculate body, ↑corpus geniculatum laterale, ↑lateral geniculate, ↑medial geniculate body, ↑corpus geniculatum mediale, ↑medial geniculate
• Part Holonyms: ↑thalamus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.