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MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex
Synonyms:
corpus geniculatum mediale; medial geniculate; medial geniculate body
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("medial geniculate body" 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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