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CORPUS GENICULATUM LATERALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
Synonyms:
corpus geniculatum laterale; lateral geniculate; lateral geniculate body
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corpus geniculatum laterale" is a kind of...):
geniculate body (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)
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