noun
a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum
• Syn: ↑lentiform nucleus
• Hypernyms: ↑basal ganglion
• Part Holonyms: ↑corpus striatum, ↑striatum, ↑striate body
• Part Meronyms: ↑pallidum, ↑globus pallidus, ↑paleostriatum, ↑putamen
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noun : the larger and external nucleus of the corpus striatum including the outer reddish putamen and two inner pale yellow globular masses constituting the globus pallidus
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lenticular nucleus,
Anatomy. the lower gray nucleus in the corpus striatum at the base of the brain.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.