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INFERIOR COLLICULUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An essential auditory center in the midbrain
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("inferior colliculus" is a kind of...):
center; centre; nerve center; nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)
Holonyms ("inferior colliculus" is a part of...):
mesencephalon; midbrain (the middle portion of the brain)