PUTAMEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: putamina   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("putamen" is a kind of...):

basal ganglion (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)

Holonyms ("putamen" is a part of...):

lenticular nucleus; lentiform nucleus (a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum)

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