noun
a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum
• Syn: ↑lenticular nucleus
• Hypernyms: ↑basal ganglion
• Part Holonyms: ↑corpus striatum, ↑striatum, ↑striate body
• Part Meronyms: ↑pallidum, ↑globus pallidus, ↑paleostriatum, ↑putamen
Useful english dictionary. 2012.