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Striatum


n.

[NL.]
(Anat.) The corpus striatum.


 
 

Part of the midbrain.

 
Medical Dictionary: stri·a·tum
(strī-ā'təm)
n., pl. -ta (-tə).

A collective term for the caudate nucleus, the putamen, and the globus pallidus, which form the corpus striatum.

 
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IN BRIEF: n. - A striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere.

 
 

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