lemniscus

n. Anatomy, pl., -nis·ci (-nĭs'ī', -nĭs'kī', -nĭs'kē).
A bundle or band of sensory nerve fibers.

[Latin lēmniscus, ribbon, from Greek lēmniskos, perhaps from Lēmnos, Lemnos.]

(lĕm-nĭs'kəs)
n., pl. -nis·ci (-nĭs'ī', -nĭs'kī', -nĭs'kē).

A bundle of nerve fibers ascending from sensory nuclei in the spinal cord and the rhombencephalon to the thalamus.

Pl. lemnisci [L.] a ribbon or band; a band or bundle of nerve fibers in the central nervous system.

• medial l. — an ascending tract of sensory nerve fibers in the medulla oblongata.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
  Synonym: fillet

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