geniculate body

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

neural structure

Hyponyms

lateral geniculate medial geniculate corpus geniculatum mediale medial geniculate body corpus geniculatum laterale lateral geniculate body

Close letter words and terms

genicular genicular vein geniculate geniculate ganglion geniculate nucleus geniculated